Dr Katjie Sponono Mahlangu holds a BA degree with the University of South Africa (UNISA) and BA (Hons), MA and DLitt degrees with the University of Pretoria. She is the Executive Director for the isiNdebele Dictionary Unit of the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and teaches the following modules at the University of Pretoria for undergraduate and postgraduate students: Translation, Semantics, Dialectology, Lexicography and Editing. Dr Mahlangu’s MA dissertation research topic was 'Adoption of loan words in isiNdebele' and her DLitt thesis was 'The growth and Development of isiNdebele Orthography and Spelling (1921-2010)'. She describes herself as a researcher, educator, part-time lecturer, translator, interpreter, author and editor in isiNdebele.