Kristin Palitza is an award-winning independent Africa correspondent. She works as a stringer for  TIME, Forbes Africa, Monocle and dpa. Her work has also been published in the Guardian and IPS. In her spare time, she likes to write a literary blog.

She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is available for assignments anywhere on the continent.

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Kristin Palitza arbeitet als freie Afrika-Korrespondentin. Sie ist feste freie Mitarbeiterin bei dpa, TIME, Forbes Africa und Monocle. Ihre Artikel wurden under anderem auch im Guardian und IPS veröffentlicht. In ihrer Freizeit schreibt sie gern an ihrem literarischen Blog.

Sie lebt und arbeitet im südafrikanischen Kapstadt, ist jedoch für Aufträge überall in Afrika verfügbar.

+27 72 287 2202   kpalitza@gmail.com

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Friday
May032013

Rebuilding Zimbabwe's health system

Inter Press Service | 19 June 2013

By Kristin Palitza

MASVINGO, Zimbabwe, Jun 19 2013 (IPS) - A newborn baby lets out a feeble cry as midwife Anna Mungara tends to a small wound on its head, at the provincial hospital in Masvingo, a town in southeast Zimbabwe.

With utmost care, Mungara cleans the cut, wraps the baby in two sets of warm blankets and makes cooing sounds to soothe him.

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Friday
May032013

Mali July elections a "bad idea" - analysts

dpa | 14 June 2013

 By Kristin Palitza

Cape Town (dpa) - Although elections are essential to restoring democratic rule in Mali, analysts doubt that the troubled West African nation will be ready for national polls by the end of July.

“Holding elections on July 28 is a bad idea. They are likely to be a total failure and could result in chaos and violence,” Abdoulaye Niang, an independent analyst based in the capital Bamako, said.

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Thursday
May022013

Books

A collection of articles and research documenting South Africa's political struggle against HIV/Aids and the role of the media therein. Kristin Palitza is the main editor of the book, published by Jacana in 2010.