About Us
My television journey with Deaf people started almost by chance.
Life skills for everyone. That’s my motto.
My work journey started at the SABC in 1984. Variety, Sport, Education and then a big opportunity presented itself – to become the first director for a weekly programme for *Deaf adults.
One of my first dauting tasks, even before my show went on air, was to direct a contribution for a Christmas Special Broadcast by the BBC. With an interpreter glued to my arm, we filmed a Deaf Children’s Choir signing Christmas carols and it came out beautifully.
The weekly magazine programme Sign Hear! went on air in January of 1994.
We all have something we’re really proud of in life. When the broadcast of the 1994 elections started, I realised that Deaf people were excluded. I went to the News Room, spoke to the person in charge and arranged for interpreters to sign the news bulletins as well as the inauguration of President Nelson Mandela. Other broadcasters followed suit and to this day main news bulletins and government announcements are signed and Deaf people are informed in their first language.
I 1995, Talking Hands was registered and I was commissioned by the SABC to produce Shakies, a programme for Deaf children. What a wonderfully rewarding show this was – it combined my love for working with children, being creative and making a difference.
I had a full & blessed career – entertainment, education, business, sport, corporate videos and a mini-documentary. I worked as a production manager on the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup, for ESPN America on the 2010 Soccer World Cup and ESPN India on the first three IPL matches, two in India and one in South Africa. I wrote scrips for Deaf educational dramas.
I train. I love training. I love the light-bulb moments.
My bucket list for the future? To produce videos that will empower both Deaf and hearing children with basic life skills while entertaining them with the story line.
Life skills for everyone as my email signature says…
*Deaf with a capital D refers to the Deaf culture. If you are Deaf, Sign Language is your first language.