Kristin Palitza is an award-winning, independent journalist, editor, correspondent, media consultant and trainer. She writes in-depth African features for the South African, German and UK print media, covering socio-politics, health, lifestyle and wildlife.
She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is available for assignments anywhere on the continent.
+27 72 287 2202 kristin@iburst.co.za
A little while ago, I was interviewed by podcaster Tony Lankester about the ins and outs of blogging - as one of the contributors to the Mail & Guardian Thought Leader blog. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:31AM Inter Press Service | 12 Nov 2009
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN, Nov 12 (IPS) - Critics of carbon trading, a strategy meant to combat global warming, say the buying and selling of carbon credits is being exploited.
"CDM (the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism) was never meant to be a cash cow, but meant for developed countries to reduce their emissions".
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:51AM Inter Press Service | 27 Oct 2009
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN, Oct 27 (IPS) - The South African government is in the process of drafting regulations to police genetically modified organisms (GMO) as part of the national Consumer Protection Act, but environmental experts are worried the GMO section of the new Act, which was signed into law last April, will not be put into
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 09:46AM The Weekender | 5 Sep 2009
By Kristin Palitza
In the morning, when the first rays of the sun warm up the earth, millions of colourful flowers open up and turn their heads towards the light. It’s springtime in Namaqualand – the height of the wildflower season, when the blossoming plants turn the rolling hills of the Bokkeveld escarpment into a lush and luminous display.
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 02:02PM Mail & Guardian | 27 Feb - 5 Mar 2009
Solutions to a rising food crisis in Southern African countries are becoming more elusive, writes Kristin Palitza
What’s the price tag on hunger? A whopping $30 billion. That’s what’s needed each year to feed the world’s 5.7 million starving people – a number that’s expected to grow to eight billion within the next four decades.
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 02:00PM Inter Press Service | 27 Feb 2009
By Kristin Palitza
ROME, Feb 26 (IPS) - Organic and eco-friendly farming can feed the world, contrary to the common belief that biotechnology and chemical-intensive farming are indispensable, modern strategies to increase production, agricultural experts say.
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 01:58PM
Inter Press Service | 15 Sep 2008
By Kristin PalitzaSaturday, April 25, 2009 at 01:56PM Mail & Guardian | 20-26 June 2008
By Kristin Palitza
Informal settlements worst hit by downpour. As floods wreaked havoc on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast this week, it was the poorest residents of the region who suffered the most: more than a thousand homes, almost all in informal settlements, were swept away.