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Debora Patta: Biography of Debora Patta,Age, Husband, Contact, Awards & Net Worth,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Debora Patta (born 13 July 1964) is a South African broadcast journalist and television producer investigative journalist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patta is the Africa correspondent for the American news program\u00a0The CBS Evening News.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

She has been with CBS since 2013, following her departure from the long-running investigative and current affairs show, 3rd Degree with Debora Patta. Born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and has origins from Calabria, Italy.<\/p>\n

Her father is an Italian, he migrated to Zimbabwe as a railway employee. Patta moved to South Africa with her mother, a nurse, and devout Catholic, and her sister in 1976 after her parents divorced.<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n

She attended Rustenburg School for Girls in the Rondebosch suburb of Cape Town, where she matriculated in 1981.<\/p>\n

In 1984, she obtained a Bachelor of Social Science from the\u00a0University of Cape Town. she briefly taught aerobics while at university.<\/p>\n

Her elder daughter Chiara Mzizi has worked as a presenter for YoTV, a youth entertainment show broadcast by SABC 1.<\/p>\n

\"Debora<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Full Name<\/th>\nDebora Patta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date of Birth<\/th>\n13 July 1964 (56 years old)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gender<\/th>\nFemale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spouse<\/th>\nLance Levitas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/th>\nJournalist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/th>\nSouth African<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Net Worth<\/th>\n$200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Debora Patta Age<\/h2>\n

Patta was born on the 13th of July 1964 in Southern Rhodesia. She is 56 years old as of 2020.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Debora Patta Husband and Children<\/h2>\n

Debora Patta is currently married to a businessman Lance Levitas. She got married to him in 2003, prior to that, she was the wife of Mweli Mzizi, a black filmmaker and Zulu prince.<\/p>\n

They got married in January 1996 and got divorced in 2002. She has two children, one from each marriage.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Career<\/h2>\n

Patta worked as a political activist teaching literacy in Cape Town\u2019s squatter camps until 1990 after finishing her university education. After that, she started working as a freelance reporter for the BBC.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Radio<\/span><\/h3>\n

In 1990, Patta joined Radio 702 in Johannesburg. she walked her way to news editor in and special assignments editor in 1994 and 1997 respectively. some of the notable things she did in her radio career are highlighted below:<\/p>\n