Verashni Pillay
Verashni Pillay is the former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian, and inaugural editor-in chief of Huffington Post South Africa. She has worked at various periods as senior reporter covering politics and general news, specialises in mediamanagement and relishes the task of putting together the right team to create compelling and principled journalism across multiple platforms.
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/ 4 September 2006

Madness and women

It takes a special sense of irony to appreciate the Hobson Hall Women’s Day challenge. This annual celebration brings the houses in our university hall together in friendly competition over all things sporty. The rifle challenge is my particular favourite. In this event a row of inflated condoms is strung in a line, where they blow picturesquely in the breeze.

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/ 22 April 2005

Back to black and white

There is a phenomenon taking hold of Dutch schools that hearkens back to the bad old days of apartheid South Africa. Although it is not legally stipulated, there is a distinct trend of native white Dutch students steering clear of schools dominated by students with their origins in countries like Suriname, Morocco, Turkey or Somalia. […]

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/ 23 July 2004

Mercenaries did nothing illegal — defence

Lawyers for the defence intend to produce evidence that some of the mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea have bought weapons from Zimbabwe in the past. The defence team of the 70 men arrested in Harare in March will contest all the charges against them — including violations of Zimbabwean security, firearms, immigration and aviation laws.