About Me

I love red wine, cats, books, and sour sweets… often all at once.

My roots are in the humid hills of Zululand where I grew up in a family of mavericks who started newspapers and spoke to elephants. I was somehow named the Dux student of my matric year (which had absolutely nothing to do with there only being about four of us in the class, of course).

An English scholarship for coming in the country’s top 50 for the English Olympiad found me moving from one small town to the next, studying a BA in English and History, followed by a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at Rhodes University in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown).

A teaching stint in London’s many public schools was all the inspiration I needed to find an alternative career, or, at least, a different country. After a quick detour to complete my Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), I taught  English in Vietnam and Thailand before returning to South Africa in time for the fun and fervour of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

I found myself in Durban North working for the legendary Northglen News, a Caxton community newspaper. I honed my journalism skills at this iconic paper, reporting on everything from speed humps (oh, my soul) to corrupt politicians. Both of which were plentiful.

In 2012, I embarked on a frenzied time at the Daily News under Independent Newspapers, where I relished the fast-paced environment of a daily newspaper while working primarily on the education beat (although diminishing newsrooms meant that we had to all muck in across all pages and get the job done).

My high-flying, low-paying career was cut somewhat short in 2014 when I became a mom, and I decided to pivot to the world of freelancing. I was now waking early and going to bed late for entirely different reasons, but I’ve managed to build up a magnificent base of clients, with word-of-mouth marketing ensuring a steady stream of work over the years.

I am currently based in the misty hills of the KZN Midlands, where I can work, uninterrupted, delivering quality content on time for clients across the country and worldwide.

As a member of the Southern African Freelancers’ Association (Safrea), I’m obviously a very professional person, although I’ve never taken life too seriously and don’t intend to.

If you need something written, edited, proofread – or you have an oversupply of sour sweets and red wine to share – you’re at the ‘write’ place.