Kristen Van Schie

Freelance journalist & multimedia producer based in South Africa

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The clock is ticking for DR-TB patients. How long will they wait for a kinder cure?

Article Kristen Van Schie & Bhekisisa Team - 22 Mar 2019

For years, catching this drug-resistant bacteria meant painful treatment that risked your hearing and mental health. Now, that could be changing.

Kigali’s trade-off: Sell and be arrested or starve

Africa Kristen Van Schie - 6 Mar 2019

At first glimpse, Rwanda’s capital is a model African city: clean, organised, beautiful. But behind the gleaming facade, not all is well

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Why science could finally be close to solving this birth control riddle

Article Kristen Van Schie - 23 Nov 2018

We could be just months away from knowing whether Depo-Provera use is linked to a higher risk of HIV infection in women.

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Panic and blame as Cape Town braces for water shut-off

Article Gregory Walton & Kristen Van Schie - 25 Jan 2018

Reservoirs around Cape Town, in the grip of its worst drought for a century, have gone largely unreplenished for more than three years

How to tell your child you have HIV

Article Kristen Van Schie - 25 Oct 2017

More than three decades into the HIV epidemic, some conversations haven't become any easier. This is one of them.

Is DIY HIV testing the latest Cape Town trend?

Article Kristen Van Schie - 7 Sep 2017

It starts with a swab but does it end with a diagnosis? Why the trickiest part of DIY HIV testing happens after the test.

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Pistorius release: Parole board to decide

Article Kristen Van Schie - 5 Oct 2015

After delays and state intervention, a parole board will decide if the Paralympian Oscar Pistorius should be released early from prison.

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Lesotho prime minister takes early lead in poll

Africa Kristen Van Schie - 1 Mar 2015

Prime Minister Tom Thabane's All Basotho Convention took an early lead in Lesotho's snap elections as counting continued on Sunday.

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Vote counting begins after snap election in Lesotho

Africa Kristen Van Schie - 1 Mar 2015

Elections in crisis-hit Lesotho proceeded largely without incident, according to the country's electoral commission, as counting commenced.

Press Releases

Special Reports

Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

Special Reports

SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

Special Reports

Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs

Special Reports

Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria to reopen on Heritage Day

special reports - 22 Sep 2020

The new, drive-through sculpture exhibition brings to four the number of exhibitions of iconic African and South African art

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recycling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working