Alter Mathebula was born in Petanenge, the third of four children. When she was in Grade 11 at Hudson Ntsan'wisi Senior Secondary School she was a friend of Jackey Mukhawana and he encouraged her to contribute her poems to the Anthology. Alter she says she is a complete girl and in a complicated relationship. Alter is a story teller, a playwright and a poet. Her book titled Alter’s Journey includes her writing in the Anthology.
