Van Staden holds two degrees, an honours degree in journalism from Stellenbosch University as well as a journalism masters degree from Columbia University in New York City.
She cut her teeth in radio journalism at the SABC, before moving on to one of the world's biggest international broadcasters The Voice of America (VOA) in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Van Staden joined the Primedia Broadcasting news team in 2006 as news anchor for talk station 567 CapeTalk.
