Verashni Pillay

Journalists overwhelmed, underpaid, abused and not supported says newsroom report

The companies launched HuffPost SA as a partnership in November 2016

The press council appeal panel ruled that the blog calling for white men to be disenfranchised did not incite violence or hatred based on race.

A fake blog post proposing that white men be stripped of their voting and property rights “might be landing a blow among many other blows”.

The M&G editor-in-chief explains her decision to leave the publication after overseeing a rapid turnaround in sales and circulation.

Verashni has been with the paper for six years including a year as editor.

While public protector Thuli Madonsela believes in the separation between religion and state, her faith informs her commitment to values in her work.

The EFF caucus, chanting ‘Zupta must fall’, were escorted out of Parliament for disrupting President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address.

Men and women are starting to push back against an ingrained culture of sexual violence in South Africa.

It’s one thing to claim the home affairs minister cheated, but another for Buhle Mkhize to say an SA intelligence official ‘bribed’ her to keep silent

How do we make sense of the terrible violence being committed against other Africans? asks Verashni Pillay.

Mahatma Gandhi’s pacifist philosophy inspired many, but his remarks about black South Africans mean his legacy is not beyond reproach.

Tearing down the contested statue of Cecil John Rhodes is too simple and obvious an answer to a complex problem, argues Verashni Pillay.

This is the latest in a long line of mysterious allegations, which prove that South Africa must demand its political parties disclose their funders.

The Cape Times debacle is just one example of how DA leader Helen Zille can show scant respect for journalists and the media, writes Verashni Pillay.