Diana is a writer, poet, performance poet and story-teller. Her work has been published in various collections and some serve as prescribed texts for high school learners.

In 2012 Diana received the inaugural Mbokodo Award for poetry.

Diana’s third book, “Die vrede kom later”was launched on 27 July 2019

Diana is internationally known and acclaimed for the poem that she wrote for the indigenous South African woman Sarah Baartman who was taken away from her country under false pretences and paraded as a sexual freak in Europe. This poem touched the heart of the French Senate and upon hearing it they voted unanimously that her remains should come home. This poem is published in the French Law, a first in French history.

Diana’s work has had and still has a bearing and influence on matters of race, sex and reconciliation.