I am Zisanda Solwandle,  a 21 year old lady from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. I grew up listening to the radio a lot even before I could read or write
 

​ I grew up listening to Xhosa news even before I could write or read. At first, I did not listen to them voluntarily because it was and still is a norm at home to listen to the news. As time went by, I got used to listening to the news; as a result, I would imitate the newsreaders every time. 
They had and still have these lovely and catchy openings and closing statements. As a child, I got curious and wanted to know more about them. They were fascinating because they rarely made mistakes when presenting.

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So I then decided that when I grow up, I want to do the job they do. I want to read the news in my home language so that literacy would not matter because I will be presenting news in the language that everyone in my cultural group understands.  ​
 

As I grew older, I did a bit more research, and I found out that the job they do is part of journalism; hence I am a fourth-year journalism student at Rhodes University. News reading is not my only interest, I love  storytelling particularly telling a story with words

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So when I started doing Journalism and Media Studies I got the opportunity to work on audio and do all the things I used to listen to on the radio while growing up, I seized the opportunity.

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Now I am an upcoming storyteller who is knowledgeable in all multimedia forms of storytelling, and this portfolio showcases all the work and I have produced.

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Some of this work include a podcast an a project I embarked on that tells stories of women whose identities are influenced by culture, religion and traditions.