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Debora Patta (born 1 September 1964)[2] is a South African investigative broadcast journalist and television producer,[3][4][5] who currently serves as a foreign correspondent for CBS News in the United States (since 2013).[6] She was previously the host of the long-running e.tv investigative and current affairs program 3rd Degree with Debora Patta.[7]

Key Information

Early life

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Patta was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where her Italian father had emigrated as a railway employee.[8][9][10] Her father was from Rome, Italy and she lived there for a while when she was young. Her Italian family is originally from Praia a Mare in Calabria. She considers Italy her second home and travels there regularly.[3][4][5][11]

She moved to South Africa with her mother, a nurse and devout Catholic, and her sister in 1976 after her parents divorced.[5][11] She attended Rustenburg School for Girls in the Rondebosch suburb of Cape Town, where she matriculated in 1981.[12][13]

Patta studied at the University of Cape Town where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences in 1984.[12][14] She briefly taught aerobics while at college.[11]

Career

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After graduating from college, Patta worked as a political activist teaching literacy in Cape Town's squatter camps until 1990, when she started working as a freelance reporter for the BBC.[11][12][15][16]

Radio

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Patta joined Radio 702 in Johannesburg as a reporter in 1990 and worked her way up to news editor in 1994 and special assignments editor in 1997.[12][15]

The first news story she worked on that was aired on Radio 702 was about the return of ANC leader Oliver Tambo from exile in December 1990.[14]

In 1997 and 1998, while working as news and special assignments editor for Radio 702 and its sister station Cape Talk, she investigated and reported on the 1986 plane crash in which Mozambican President Samora Machel was killed.[17] She received several threatening phone calls during the investigation.[18] In June 1998 she participated in a post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission special hearing, providing expert opinion and assisting with questioning regarding the 1987 Helderberg plane crash and the Machel plane crash.[19] She was later interviewed for a 2008 Mayday (Air Crash Investigation or Air Emergency) documentary on the Helderberg plane crash.[20]

In October 2013, Patta returned to Radio 702 as a stand-in talk radio host.[21]

Television

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Patta has worked for e.tv, the first privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa, since its inception in 1998. She started as a senior correspondent in Johannesburg and was subsequently appointed chief anchor of e.tv news.[18][22][23][24]

From 2000 to 2013, she was the executive producer and anchor of the weekly current affairs television programme 3rd Degree, a show conceptualized by her which focused on hard-hitting interviews.[25][26][27][28] The final episode of 3rd Degree aired on 14 May 2013.[29]

She has reported on major international stories such as the September 11 attacks and the death of Princess Diana and has interviewed many notable individuals including Shimon Peres, Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Julius Malema, Eugène Terre'Blanche and Robert McBride.[3][9][30]

She was appointed editor-in-chief of e.tv news in 2005.[31][32] In 2009 she resigned her position as editor-in-chief, "to follow her passion for journalism" and focus on 3rd Degree.[26][30]

She played a key role in the launch of South Africa's first 24-hour news channel eNews Channel Africa (eNCA) by e.tv in 2008.[33][34]

In 2012, a puppet version of Patta voiced by Nikki Jackman was cast as co-host of the satirical television news programme ZANEWS.[35][36]

On 7 May 2013, e.tv and eNCA announced that Debora Patta had resigned "to pursue other interests as a freelancer for international news companies".[37][38]

CBS News

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Following her departure from e.tv in 2013, Patta began working as a foreign correspondent for CBS News.[39]

As of August 2025, Patta’s job title is CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent. Patta is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Since 2013, Patta has reported on important stories including the Ebola outbreaks[40] in Africa, the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping[41] by Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram, and the famine in South Sudan.[42] Other notable stories include the ambush of American and Nigerian soldiers[43] by Islamic militants (the Tongo Tongo ambush), child labor in Democratic Republic of the Congo cobalt mines[44], child labor in the Ghana fishing industry, and her ongoing coverage of the effects of climate change in Africa.[45]

In 2020, Patta covered the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic In Africa.

As of August 16th, 2025, Patta’s most recent report covers the ongoing war in Gaza.[46] Other recent Patta stories include criticism of the Trump administration for its cuts to international aid programs.[47] She is also critical of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the President of the United States of America Donald Trump for their handling of the crisis in Gaza.[48]

Reporting style

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Patta has been described as "direct", "to the point", "unafraid" and "being a voice for the voiceless":[49][50]

South Africans know her best as the hard-core investigative reporter who ruthlessly rips into everyone from crooked cabinet ministers to medical doctors on the take.

— Louise Liebenberg, The Herald[3]

Patta has been called names and is often described as aggressive, but it doesn't seem to bother her much.

— Bongiwe Khumalo, Times Live[51]

Her hard-hitting journalism exposing racism in South Africa has angered conservative whites. Black members of the public have also accused her of being racist, e.g. after exposing corrupt black doctors who sold medical certificates and after interviewing "bling queen" Khanyi Mbau, and Jewish members of the public have accused her of being anti-Semitic after airing the controversial 2002 documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue.[18][52][53][54]

She has also been criticized as not being qualified to talk about black culture by former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema during an interview with him and by black viewers offended by a 3rd Degree show on black hair weaves.[55][56]

AWB leader Eugène Terre'Blanche walked out of an interview with Patta after his release from prison in 2004. A complaint lodged against e.tv about the interview was dismissed by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa.[51][57]

In 2010, Patta publicly apologized on television to Chrisna de Kock, a Freedom Front Plus youth leader at the University of the Free State, after accusing her of being a racist in an interview on 3rd Degree. An e.tv spokesperson conceded that "the manner in which the allegation was put across was unfortunate" and the racism comment was subsequently retracted.[58][59]

Patta has responded to criticism of her reporting with statements such as "that means I am doing my job well" and "we are doing this because we have a true democracy".[18][55]

Personal life

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In April 1995, Patta married Mweli Mzizi.[4][13] The interracial couple had encountered hostility for a year, so she was surprised by the positive response of listeners to her announcement.[60] They were married in January 1996 and the wedding was attended by hundreds of guests including Nelson Mandela.[4] After the wedding the Department of Home Affairs notified Mzizi that the marriage was invalid because he did not fill out a form requiring black men to say that they were not already married. Newsweek reported that few South Africans were aware of this requirement and "many of the country's marriages are probably illegal in the eyes of the bureaucracy".[61]

In 2000, Patta and Mzizi unsuccessfully attempted to enter a whites-only picnic resort in the Free State together, filming the incident on a hidden camera for a 3rd Degree show on racism following which Patta received hate mail.[11][62]

Patta was voted one of the FHM 50 Most Eligible Women in the World by South African FHM readers in 2003.[27][63]

In June 2003, she married Lance Levitas.[13][64]

She has two daughters.[5][9][10] Her elder daughter, Chiara Mzizi, has worked as a presenter for YoTV, a youth entertainment show broadcast by SABC 1, and was a student at the University of Cape Town.[65][1]

As of 2019, Patta lived in Johannesburg with her youngest daughter, Ella, and her partner, Andrew Levy.[1]

Awards

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Patta has won several awards:

  • 1992 South African Checkers Journalist of the Year[12][32]
  • 2004 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Gauteng Region[12][32]
  • 2004 MTN 10 Most Remarkable Women in Media[12][32]
  • 2007 Simonsvlei Journalist Achiever of the Year[66]
  • 2009 Vodacom Women in the Media[33][67]
  • 2010 CEO Magazine South Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government[68]
  • 2010 She received a Tricolor Globe Award from the Italian Women in the World association which recognizes outstanding achievers of Italian origin abroad.[9][69][70]
  • 2015 She was part of the CBS News team nominated to receive an Emmy Award for their coverage of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[71]

Publications

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  • Baby Micaela : the inside story of South Africa's most famous abduction case. Co-authored by Anne Maggs and Debora Patta. Sandton: Zebra Press, 1996. ISBN 9781868700493.
  • One step behind Mandela : the story of Rory Steyn, Nelson Mandela's chief bodyguard. Co-authored by Rory Steyn and Debora Patta. Rivonia: Zebra Press, 2000. ISBN 9781868722693

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Debora Patta (born 1 September 1964) is a South African investigative broadcast and foreign specializing in conflict zones and political instability across and the . With over two decades in , she has covered pivotal events including the outbreak, uprisings in and , the war in , and leadership transitions in and , often embedding in high-risk areas as a reporter for outlets like , , and . Patta's career highlights include multiple awards such as Media Woman of the Year, South Africa's Most Influential Woman in Media, Italy's , and the Free Expression Award from the National Press Club, alongside Emmy nominations for investigative reports on child labor in the of Congo. Her confrontational interviewing technique and exposés on , , and institutional failures—such as a "whites-only" —have garnered praise for tenacity but also sparked backlash, including death threats from aggrieved parties and accusations of ethical lapses in aggressive pursuits of stories.

Background

Early Life and Education

Debora Patta was born on 1 September 1964 in , now , to an Italian father from who had immigrated to the region as a railway employee; her family origins trace to , . The family relocated to , where Patta grew up amid the apartheid regime's socio-political tensions, an environment that exposed her to and political unrest from a young age. She attended Rustenburg School for Girls in the Rondebosch suburb of Cape Town, matriculating in 1981. Patta then enrolled at the University of Cape Town, earning a Bachelor of Social Science degree in 1984 with coursework focused on politics and sociology; during this period, she engaged in political activism in Cape Town's squatter camps and briefly taught aerobics to support herself. These experiences, amid the intensifying anti-apartheid struggles of the 1980s, shaped her early interest in social issues and media as avenues for scrutiny and narrative.

Professional Career

Radio Journalism

Patta began her radio career freelancing for in before joining in as a reporter in 1990. Her first broadcast on the station covered Oliver Tambo's return from exile in December 1990, a pivotal event amid the unbanning of the and negotiations to end apartheid. At , a prominent outlet, she honed investigative techniques suited to the audio medium, emphasizing incisive voice-only interviews, on-the-ground sound reporting, and narrative descriptions to convey complex political transitions without visual aids. During the early 1990s, Patta's on-air reporting focused on South Africa's shift from apartheid, including coverage of Nelson Mandela's release from in 1990 through his as president in 1994, where her confrontational interviewing style challenged officials and built her reputation for probing accountability in real-time broadcasts. She advanced to news editor in 1994, overseeing coverage of post-election instability and early democratic challenges, before becoming special assignments editor for and Talk in 1997. A key investigation examined the 1986 plane crash of Mozambican President Samora , suspected by some to involve apartheid-era South African sabotage; conducted in 1997-1998, it drew anonymous threats via phone calls to Patta, highlighting risks in radio probes reliant on sourced audio testimony rather than footage. In June 1998, Patta contributed expert testimony and questioning assistance at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing on the Machel and crashes, linking her radio work to scrutiny of apartheid's lingering covert operations. These efforts, constrained by radio's emphasis on verbal precision and listener imagination over visuals, established her as a voice for exposing and transitional injustices, with promotions reflecting internal recognition of her impact. Her radio foundation—marked by rapid audience engagement through daily talk formats—facilitated a seamless shift to television in 1998, where verbal rigor translated to broader platforms without losing investigative edge, as noted by contemporaries valuing her progression from audio exclusivity to multimedia.

Television Reporting in South Africa

Patta joined , South Africa's inaugural privately owned television station, at its launch in 1998, initially serving as a reporter and anchor before transitioning to investigative programming. She hosted and executive produced 3rd Degree, a weekly current affairs show that debuted in the early and ran until May 2013, emphasizing in-depth probes into corruption, social inequities, and racial dynamics in the post-apartheid era. The program targeted systemic domestic challenges, such as persistent racial tensions and violence in underserved communities, through confrontational interviews and undercover reporting that held public figures accountable. 3rd Degree regularly drew around 1.8 to 1.9 million viewers per episode, establishing it as one of South Africa's most watched investigative formats and a platform for exposing failures and societal fractures. Patta's segments on often ignited backlash; conservative white audiences criticized them as disproportionately accusatory toward legacy apartheid beneficiaries, while certain black commentators countered that her scrutiny overlooked intra-community accountability. A notable example occurred in May 2003, when an exposé uncovering doctors issuing fake medical certificates for bribes prompted radio callers to label Patta "racist," reflecting polarized public responses to her fact-driven confrontations. In addition to on-air duties, Patta assumed editorial oversight as e.tv's in 2005—the first woman to hold such a position in African —overseeing production until resigning in 2009 to prioritize 3rd Degree. Her contributions to South African television during this phase garnered recognition, including category wins in the CNN African Journalist Awards for investigative excellence.

International Reporting with CBS News

Patta joined in 2013 as a foreign based in , , shifting her focus to broader international conflicts and crises across and beyond. Her assignments emphasized frontline access in volatile regions, enabling on-the-ground reporting that captured real-time developments in wars and humanitarian emergencies. In the , Patta has extensively covered the Israel-Hamas conflict, including reporting from on October 12, 2025, about displaced returning to after two years of war and the territory's pressing reconstruction needs. She detailed ceasefire challenges, such as a bloody weekend of clashes on October 19, 2025, that risked derailing the fragile truce between the parties. Her dispatches often conveyed mutual accusations, including Israel's claims of Hamas attacks on IDF soldiers prompting retaliatory strikes, without endorsing either side's narrative. In , Patta secured rare access to conflict zones like , reporting in April 2023 on the collapse of a proposed between rival generals, as fighting escalated with a death toll approaching 300 in . This coverage followed two years of restricted entry amid the civil war's onset in 2023, underscoring her persistence in navigating security barriers for empirical accounts of atrocities and displacement. Patta's work in these areas has involved direct exposure to violence, as recognized in her 2019 Free Expression Award from the , honoring her and fellow correspondents for upholding press freedom while witnessing war crimes in places like Syria's . Her adaptability is evident in rapid deployments, such as October 2025 reports on Gaza's child casualties from ongoing hostilities.

Reporting Style

Characteristics and Techniques

Debora Patta employs a hard-hitting investigative approach characterized by persistent questioning and direct confrontation of subjects, often yielding detailed exposures of systemic issues such as corruption and social inequities. Her tenure as host of the South African current affairs program 3rd Degree exemplified this method, where episodes routinely drew approximately 1.9 million viewers through probing interviews that elicited admissions or defenses from public figures implicated in scandals. This style prioritizes unfiltered pursuit of factual accountability, adapting verbal tenacity honed in radio formats—such as her early work at 702—to structured on-air interrogations that minimize evasion. In international conflict reporting for , Patta demonstrates resourcefulness in securing access to restricted areas, as seen in her 2025 entry into after two years of efforts amid ongoing , enabling firsthand documentation of humanitarian crises like and aid disruptions. Her techniques shift from radio's reliance on narrative description to television's integration of visual evidence, incorporating on-the-ground footage from frontlines in regions like and to convey the immediacy of war's causal effects, including displacement and resource scarcity. This multimodal adaptation underscores a consistent emphasis on empirical over abstracted commentary, facilitating reports that highlight verifiable disruptions in governance and aid flows.

Criticisms and Defenses

Patta's confrontational interviewing techniques on 3rd Degree have drawn accusations of arrogance, insensitivity, and aggression from viewers and subjects alike. Critics, including the party, claimed she violated journalistic ethics by intimidating student leader Chrisna de Kock during a May 25, 2010, , aggressively pressing allegations without allowing adequate response, which reportedly reduced de Kock to tears before Patta relented. This incident prompted an on-air apology from Patta and after complaints to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of , acknowledging the allegation's phrasing as unfortunate. Similarly, a 2004 broadcast on the Judge Siraj Desai case elicited protests from rape advocacy groups for insensitivity in editorial commentary. Her exposés on racial issues have polarized audiences, angering white conservatives while prompting counter-accusations of and insensitivity from viewers. Patta received death threats in following a exposing a "whites-only" , highlighting backlash from conservative whites against her scrutiny of post-apartheid racial practices. Episodes unpacking events like Eugene Terre'Blanche's were faulted for personalizing debates, such as Patta's pointed question to an interviewee—"how do you think my cameraman feels?"—delivered in a tone perceived as disdainful, which allegedly incited an on the crew and exacerbated racial tensions. Viewer feedback has labeled her ruthless and patronizing, particularly in racially charged university segments using provocative signage like "I am proudly white." In defense, Patta has maintained that such controversy fulfills the demands of , emphasizing resilience amid a decade of scrutiny on 3rd Degree by . She rebuts claims as partly sexist, arguing women journalists face harsher labels than male counterparts for assertive questioning, and insists her style has remained consistent rather than escalating. Patta acknowledges agonizing over feedback but distinguishes useful critique for improvement from unproductive attacks, prioritizing viewer engagement and substantive impact over personal barbs. Peers and analysts have praised her tenacity for sustaining high viewership—around 1.9 million per episode—and exposing societal undercurrents, even as her persona divides opinion, with no documented major ethical sanctions beyond isolated apologies. This balanced reception underscores her role in challenging complacency, though critics argue it sometimes prioritizes confrontation over nuance.

Achievements and Impact

Major Awards

In 1992, Patta received the South African Checkers Journalist of the Year award, recognizing her early investigative work in print and broadcast media. In 2004, she was honored with the Journalist of the Year award for the region, based on criteria evaluating depth of reporting and public impact, alongside inclusion in MTN's list of 10 Most Remarkable for contributions to South African . She has earned category-specific accolades from the African Journalist Awards, highlighting excellence in features and current affairs coverage across the continent. In 2009, Patta won the Women in the Media Award, selected for leadership in editorial roles and sustained investigative output amid competitive entries from South African outlets. For her 2017 reporting on the ambush and deaths of four U.S. soldiers in , co-authored with and Meshack Dube, she received the 2018 Scripps Howard Jack R. Howard Award in the Broadcast, National, International Coverage category, judged on accuracy, sourcing rigor, and illumination of underreported military operations. In 2019, alongside colleagues and Holly Williams, Patta was awarded the Free Expression Award for persistent on-the-ground reporting in repressive environments, emphasizing defense of press freedoms through firsthand atrocity documentation. Patta has also been designated South Africa's Most Influential Woman in Media, Media Woman of the Year, and Italy's in Television, accolades tied to her influence in shaping public discourse on and conflict via empirical, evidence-based exposés rather than audience metrics alone.

Notable Investigations and Reports

Patta's reporting on township violence in post-apartheid , particularly during the late 1990s and early 2000s, illuminated ongoing cycles of and racial friction, including anti-immigrant riots that evoked apartheid-era imagery and prompted discussions on failed integration policies. Her coverage of university protests and unrest in exposed fault lines along racial and economic divides, contributing to heightened public scrutiny of government responses to inequality-driven violence. These pieces, grounded in on-the-ground footage from volatile areas like Alexandra township, correlated with spikes in media attention to xenophobic attacks, though direct policy shifts remained limited amid entrenched socioeconomic causal factors. In collaboration with Rory Steyn, Patta co-authored One Step Behind Mandela (2000), drawing on firsthand security insights to detail threats faced by Nelson Mandela's protection detail, including assassination attempts and logistical challenges during his presidency; the book offered empirical accounts of state vulnerabilities rather than hagiographic narratives. Her subsequent on-site reporting of Mandela's death and funeral rites provided contextual analysis of national mourning, emphasizing logistical strains on South African institutions handling global scrutiny. Patta's February 2025 dispatches from , after gaining rare access amid two years of civil war, documented the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with soup kitchens and hospitals on the brink due to affecting millions and an aid freeze risking for up to 8 million; aid workers cited her footage as amplifying calls for intervention, though blockades persisted as primary causal barriers. Her October 2025 coverage of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza analyzed mutual violations, including Israeli strikes following alleged soldier killings and Hamas delays in hostage remains handover, with displaced returning amid teetering truce terms; reports highlighted aid flow restrictions and clashes as undermining phased , fostering debate on enforcement credibility without endorsing partisan claims. Additional probes included a 2024 investigation tracing internet romance scams originating in , where perpetrators targeted Americans for millions in losses via fabricated online relationships, leading to verified victim testimonies and scam network mappings. In (2022), she evidenced war crimes like sites in Bucha, corroborating investigator findings of systematic abuses. A 2021 exposé on Kenyan operations cheating for U.S. students confirmed paid essay mills, with interviews exposing breaches affecting thousands. These efforts prioritized verifiable data over narrative framing, yielding broader awareness of transnational and conflict atrocities.

Personal Life

Family and Residences

Patta maintains her primary residence in , , which has served as her professional base since joining in 2013, facilitating mobility for international assignments across , the , and other regions. Her South African roots, established after relocating from as a following her parents' , underpin this stability amid frequent travel demands. She has two daughters from prior relationships: Chiara, from her first marriage to Mweli Mzizi (1995–2002), and Isabella, born during her second marriage to Lance Levitas (married June 28, 2003). Patta currently lives with partner , a former U.S. , , and commentator, whose support aligns with the logistical demands of her war-zone reporting. No detail specific adaptations or lifestyle routines enabling her endurance in high-risk environments, though her sustained career output implies effective personal management of such challenges.

Recent Developments

Ongoing Coverage and Contributions

In October 2025, Patta covered the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, reporting on mutual accusations of violations leveled by both Israeli officials and leaders, which underscored the deal's precarious status without privileging one narrative over the other. This approach contrasted with coverage in some outlets that amplify singular perspectives, fostering a depiction grounded in the verifiable claims of involved parties amid ongoing hostilities that have persisted since October 2023. Throughout the 2020s, Patta has documented humanitarian crises in active conflict zones, securing rare access to in early 2025 to report on the civil war's toll, where nearly two years of fighting between the and have driven millions toward starvation, with over 10 million displaced and conditions verified in multiple regions. Her on-the-ground dispatches highlighted logistical barriers to aid delivery, including disrupted supply lines and the potential exacerbation from suspended U.S. foreign assistance, drawing attention to a often overshadowed by more publicized conflicts despite its scale as one of the world's largest displacement events. Patta's sustained fieldwork in such environments, including Gaza aid operations and child survivors of regional violence, has contributed to CBS News broadcasts that aggregate empirical footage and stakeholder accounts, enabling audiences to assess causal factors like factional warfare and governance failures over ideologically filtered interpretations prevalent in academic and media analyses. These efforts underscore her role in prioritizing direct and cross-verified data, which bolsters public comprehension of protracted crises where institutional biases might otherwise skew emphasis toward sympathetic framing rather than operational realities.

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