Goodbye Brenda

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Kristin Palitza is an award-winning Africa correspondent for various newspapers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as southern Africa correspondent for TIME magazine. She also works from time to time as a news editor. 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 ist eine preisgekrönte Afrika Korrespondentin für zahlreiche Zeitungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz sowie Korrespondentin für das südliche Afrika für TIME Magazin. Von Zeit zu Zeit arbeitet sie auch als Redakteurin. 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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'What is Left Unsaid: Reporting the South African HIV Epidemic' is a collection of articles and research that document South Africa's political struggle against HIV/Aids and the role of the media therein. Kristin Palitza is the main editor of the book, which was published by Jacana in 2010.

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'What is Left Unsaid: Reporting the South African HIV Epidemic' ist eine Sammlung von Artikeln und wissenschaftlichen Texten, die Südafrikas politischen Kampf gegen HIV/Aids und die Rolle der Medien dokumentieren. Kristin Palitza ist die Hauptherausgeberin des Buches, welches in 2010 von Verleger Jacana veröffentlicht wurde.

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Monday, May 11, 2009 at 10:34AM

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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