The national planning commission has released a third animated video, this time urging citizens to get involved in making the 444-page plan a reality.
Under Bheki Cele’s watch, our police service has become the most violent it has ever been, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
The DA’s Lindiwe Mazibuko does herself an injustice with her attitude to race, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
The ANC says Julius Malema will remain president of the youth league for two more weeks, until he has offered evidence in mitigation of his sentence.
SA delegates emerged from their failed bid to win the AU chair, dancing. Does this further seal the country’s image as a petty continental bully?
There are so many tough decisions in South Africa and so few people to make them.
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/ 26 January 2012
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> wishes the ANC would let its wannabe leaders be as open as the US Republicans.
A designer builds a "kennel-like" shelter for a homeless woman and liberals cry foul. But is it a helping hand or an assault on human dignity?
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> fled "racist" Cape Town too. But who’s right and who’s wrong in this furore?
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> delves into the vitriolic reaction to Selebi — and finds the system does work.
Zwelinzima Vavi has thrown Cosatu’s weight behind the fight against the secrecy Bill, saying it is as much of a threat to workers as the media.
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/ 22 November 2011
The controversy around Black Tuesday reminds <b>Verashni Pillay</b> why we do what we do.
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/ 18 November 2011
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> relays how her dreams were dashed when the <i>M&G</i> was forced to black out parts of its report on Mac Maharaj.
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/ 10 November 2011
Has Helen Zille crossed a line? She’s called for men who refuse to use condoms to be charged with attempted murder. We track the latest Twitter storm.
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/ 8 November 2011
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> doesn’t think Julius Malema is being treated fairly in the latest racial spat
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/ 7 November 2011
Are Jacob Zuma’s recent photographs a bit too staged and polished?
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/ 25 October 2011
We laugh at the Rapture quacks, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>, but are we guilty of the same escapism?
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/ 18 October 2011
The Entitlement Formula: A guide to the politician rock ‘n roll life, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
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/ 14 October 2011
Dissing Jo’burg’s northern suburbs is, like, so last decade. Not if you have to venture that way at least twice a week.
The young parliamentary backbencher, Lindiwe Mazibuko, is vying for the DA’s second most powerful position.
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/ 13 September 2011
Never mind shoot the boer, <b>Verashni Pillay</b> thinks we should ban shooting our mouths off.
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/ 9 September 2011
The <i>M&G</i> and the Eugene Saldanha Memorial Fund’s fellowship in social justice reporting is drawing to a close and applications are invited.
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/ 6 September 2011
If Avusa’s woes teach us anything, it’s that readers are more stringent than a watchdog could ever be, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Malema knows today’s manufactured drama will detract from the real issue, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Wondering about Gaddafi, <b>Verashni Pillay</b> gets sucked into the fantastic world of deposed leaders
Mogoeng Mogoeng is a terrible choice of chief justice, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> says, Eric Miyeni is one of many trying to defend the indefensible: Julius Malema.
Christians are guilty of a lot of things. But terrorism? That’s new, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Eve Ensler’s works look at the world from a female point of view. So where does that leave the men in the audience?
A gala dinner for the Rivonia trialists saw struggle stalwarts warn the country’s current leadership about crumbling social cohesion.
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> had to endure two speeches by President Jacob Zuma in four days.
Releasing a new Skunk Anansie album nearly a decade after their last is almost certainly a recipe for disappointment.