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Zintle Daraza was born in the Eastern Cape and is the fourth of six children. She grew up between Eastern Cape, Gauteng and the Western Cape. At some stage she decided to study journalism at the Durban University of Technology. She had been previously inspired to do so by various people in her surroundings.

Zintle has always believed that she was a child of many people, as she grew up “during times when a child was still raised by the whole community” and that has taught her that if one is good to people they will most likely return the gesture.

Zintle furthermore believes that everyone has a story to tell, a story of victory after many hard ordeals, celebratory stories and survival stories and she considers the media to be one of the most crucial forms of telling people’s stories.

“The point is conveying the stories that unite and build us, that celebrate the people that we are, that inspire people to do better and those that educate people to make informed choices. My hopes are not to change the world through the work that I am doing with CMT, but to make it a little bit better.” - Zintle Daraza