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Kristen van Schie

I'm an award-winning journalist working as an independent reporter and multimedia producer in southern Africa. I am currently based in Cape Town.

I have worked as a correspondent for global news agency AFP and Johannesburg's leading daily paper The Star, filing dispatches from the Central African Republic, Somalia, Syria and Antarctica.

I have completed emergency first aid and hostile environment awareness training.

 
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Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema: ‘I had to pay a heavy price for people to open their eyes’ If Zambian president Edgar Lungu thought releasing his long-time rival Hakainde Hichilema from prison would finally result in public recognition of his rule, he’d best not hold his breath. KRISTEN VAN SCHIE reports.

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How to tell your child you have HIV: More than three decades into the HIV epidemic, some conversations haven't become any easier. This is one of them.

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Reporter Kristen van Schie tells Sean Rameswaram how the three-year drought is drastically changing life for millions of Capetonians.

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Over 3 million South Africans suffer permanent, disabling hearing loss. Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Pretoria began tackling the problem using a smartphone app called HearZA.

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Residents in the South African city of Cape Town are cutting back on water consumption, as a two-year drought takes its toll.

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Cape Town is literally about to run out of water, and residents are preparing for "Day Zero."

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