DJ Warras’s cousin Lyndall Stock with his children during his memorial service at The Galleria in Sandton, Johannesburg, 19 December 2025. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen Stock was shot and killed earlier this month, a death that has sent shockwaves through the media industry and beyond. His memorial service at The Galleria in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Friday brought together voices from his family, broadcasting peers and political figures, each reflecting on his life, work and the legacy he leaves behind.
His sister, Nicole Stock, delivered a powerful and emotional tribute, describing her brother as a man whose voice belonged not only to his family, but to the country. “He was the epitome of love. He was love in flesh and blood,” she said.
“I realised today that he never belonged just to us. He belonged to a country, he belonged to a nation, and he belonged to the people.” Quoting from the book of Micah, she said Stock lived by a commitment to justice, kindness and humility. She did not shy away from expressing her anger over his death.
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“I am very, very angry. He was taken away from us too early. This is not where his voice should have ended,” she said.
“He was not a neat man. He was a divergent thinker. He thought in layers, not lines.” Nicole Stock said her brother spoke openly about race, politics, crime and violence “not to divide”, but because “pretending we are healed while we are bleeding is the most dangerous lie of all”.
“And today I must say this plainly: it was a gun in the hands of evil that stole my brother,” she said. Stock’s son, Ethan, described his father as a devoted parent who always put his family first, regardless of the pressures he faced in public life. “My father always did everything in his power to make sure me and my family were okay,” he said. “Regardless of how he felt or his financial situation, he always made a way.”
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