Debora Patta, naixida de Zimbabwe o 13 de chulio de 1964, ye una periodista sudafricána d'orichen italiana (de Praia a Mare) <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121218055111/http://www.radioemiliaromagna.it/eventi/premio_globo_tricolore.aspx Premio globo tricolore: La giornalista investigativa più famosa in Sudafrica, di origine calabrese ma nata in Zimbabwe, Debora Patta].</ref> que actualment ye treballando en Radio 702

Premios
1992: South African Checkers Journalist of the Year.
2004: Vodacom Journalist of the Year Gauteng Region.
2004: MTN 10 Most Remarkable Women in Media.
2007: Simonsvlei Journalist Achiever of the Year.
2009: Vodacom Women in the Media
2010: CEO Magazine South Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government.
2010: Tricolor Globe Award ab Italian Women in the World Association.Italy recognises Debora Patta's success..

Bibliografia
Anne Maggs y Debora Patta; Baby Micaela: the inside story of South Africa's most famous abduction case; Zebra Press, 1996; ISBN 9781868700493
Rory Steyn y Debora Patta; One step behind Mandela: the story of Rory Steyn, Nelson Mandela's chief bodyguard''; Zebra Press, 2000; ISBN 9781868722693
Debora Patta