Tshiamo Donald Kephaketse was born on the 28th of September 1982 in a village called Ramosadi in Mafikeng(Capital city of North West Province RSA). He completed his Matric in 2000 and went on to study for a BA Communications Degree with The North West University majoring in Psychology, Electronic Media studies (Writing, Production, presenting) until droping out in 2006 in his final year to pursue a career in reporting. From September 2006 until May 2009 he worked as Editor in Chief For One of Mafikeng's Community Newspapers (DMM News), During this time he worked as a photographer, reporter and editor. From May 2009 to date Tshiamo is working for News Independent, another Mafikeng Community News Publication. In his 3 years journalism, he covered news ranging from Government and Corporate events to small community news. In addition to his record, Tshiamo together with a friend ran a website Called "www.praatnet.5u.com" while they were still students, though the site was targeting the student population it managed to get over 1 500 visitors in a space of 6 months. "Praat net" is an Afrikaans expression for "Express Yourself", and our sites content matched the expression in every possible sense because it managed to disseminated pure unadulterated news stories while entertaining and educating its audience.