Kristin Palitza is an award-winning, freelance writer, editor and correspondent. She writes news, in-depth features and commentary for the South African, German and UK print media, mainly covering social issues, politics, health and environment. Kristin also works as a media consultant and trainer and, in her spare time, likes to write a literary blog.

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

+27 72 287 2202   kpalitza@gmail.com

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Monday
May112009

Goodbye Brenda

It was the 5th anniversary of South African music icoon Brenda Fassie's death, and her family and friends came together in Langa township, outside of Cape Town, where Brenda grew up and went to school, to remember her.

The Queen of African Pop, nicknamed by her fans Mabrr, died on 9 May 2004 after she fell into a coma from a cocaine overdose.

It was an emotional but celebratory afternoon, with Brenda's older brother and one of Brenda's childhood friends movingly recalling her life, school girls from Langa High School dancing to Brenda's songs and her brothers' band, The Fassie Brothers, performing on stage.

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