About Us
Vicky Abraham
Publisher & Editor-In-Chief
Ntokozo Abraham
Economic Journalist & Managing Editor
Jabulile Mbatha
Investigative Journalist & Sub-Editor
Mbali Baleni
Human Resource Director
Out of the population of 60 million people living in South Africa, approximately 4 million of them are Deaf. Despite this, the Deaf community continues to be discriminated and marginalised. On a global scale, approximately 80% of the world’s 70 million Deaf people do not have any access to education and about one to two percent of the Deaf are educated in South African Sign Language (SASL). Despite the many challenges in the Deaf community, there is underreporting about their plight. Thus, our team of Deaf and hearing journalists, including a qualified South African Sign Language Interpreter (SASLI), and a future development economist will be reporting on issues pertaining to challenges in the Deaf community.
One of our journalists is a media coach and eight-time award-winning investigative journalist. With 25 years of her journalism experience, 13 years has been devoted to Social Justice on the Deaf community. Her reportage and investigations about the pertinent issues affecting the Deaf community in different publications, played an integral role in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s officialisation of South African Sign Language as the country’s 12 language.