Verashni Pillay's Profile

Verashni Pillay is the deputy editor of the Mail & Guardian Online.

When she's not answering emails and attending meetings she tries to sneak in as much writing as possible.

Her interests are race, politics, local issues and a bit of theology and social media here and there.

She grew up in an unnoticed corner of Pretoria, learned her trade at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, spent a spell in Cape Town as an online journalist, and now loves living in Jozi.

Spot the Tiger

Tiger Woods, whose Houdini act has paparazzi the world over scratching their heads, has reportedly been traced to a sex-rehab centre in Cape Town.

Champagne campaign

The promises flowed as headily as the Moët Rose Imperial at the ANC anniversary bash this weekend. Verashni Pillay tracks the ANC's resolutions.

Matric pupils receive results

About 60,7% of matrics passed the 2009 exams -- just less than 2% down from 2008, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Thursday.

All the president's women

Confused about exactly how many wives our president has? We round up the facts on the women in President Jacob Zuma's life.

Tiger and the molehill of crap

We're so adept at making a mountain out of a molehill of celebrity crap that we ignore the real crap in our lives.

Zanu-PF's campaign of rape

Here are 70 more reasons why Robert Mugabe's regime must end: 70 Zimbabwean women were raped 380 times by Zanu-PF members in 2008.
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