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The report further paints a bleak picture of the treatment of journalists by media houses that are struggling to survive in a hostile economic climate. (Delwyn Verasmay/M&G)

Controversy overshadows annual State of the Newsroom report

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

Media24 and HuffPost to end SA partnership

Media24 and HuffPost to end SA partnership

The companies launched HuffPost SA as a partnership in November 2016

Press ombud hate speech ruling on HuffPost SA set aside

Press ombud hate speech ruling on HuffPost SA set aside

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.

When held to the purifying flames of common sense, the interpretation of the word ‘harm’ quickly turns to ash.

AfriForum says fake HuffPost blog could see white men pulled out of voting queues

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”.

M&G editor-in-chief Verashni Pillay will join Huffington Post South Africa and is confident the next M&G editor will take the paper to greater heights.

Verashni Pillay: Why I’m leaving the Mail & Guardian

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

How did the M&G go from low circulation and retrenchments to the only paper with major growth? Ashraf Garda finds out from editor Verashni Pillay.

Editor-in-chief Verashni Pillay leaves the M&G

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

Thuli Madonsela says that faith – though a personal choice – has the potential for contributing to shared societal values that promote social cohesion.

Thuli Madonsela on faith and its role in society

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

Julius Malema and the EFF in the National Assembly.

Sona: Chaotic scenes as EFF thrown out of Parliament

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

A taxi driver’s boast made it to the TV screen

(Im)perfect wedding outrage has a silver lining

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

Former South African Airways chief executive Sizakele Mzimela on Tuesday told the Zondo commission it riled her that taxpayers had to foot the bill for former minister Malusi Gigaba’s legal representatives to cross-examine her at the state capture inquiry.

Malusi Gigaba and the perils of Instagram

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

Attacks against women and children included xenophobic violence, which many foreign nationals faced in South Africa

Our nation’s ugly moment of xenophobia is almost incomprehensible

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

The defacing of Gandhi’s statue has been a long time coming and Verashni Pillay is not surprised.

Four reasons Gandhi’s statue being defaced doesn’t bother me

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

The statue of Cecil Rhodes which stood at UCT.

More useful to redefine, not destroy, the Rhodes statue

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

Julius Malema

Is an eccentric billionaire funding the EFF? We’ll never know

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

DA leader Helen Zille has a dubious record of dealing with journalists and the media

Eight times Helen Zille made journalists’ lives hell

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.

People light candles during a prayer ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape.

Deconstructing ‘India’s Daughter’ and what it means to be a woman

Verashni Pillay unpacks the most powerful parts of the documentary "India’s Daughter", showing us the implications of being a woman in India.

This is not about white guilt or even about white privilege. It is about what it means to be human. There are no easy answers or simple excuses. There is only understanding – and understanding takes work.

White work does not negate white privilege

Her last column was a plea for empathy and understanding, writes Verashni Pillay, not an attempt to drive white guilt.

Six things white people have that black people don’t

There’s a reason we can’t just “move on” and get over apartheid. Its effects are still very real for black South Africans, writes Verashni Pillay.

Television presenter Simbarashe “Simba” Mhere.

Driven to kill: How alcohol fuels the carnage on SA’s roads

As the country mourns Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere, it is time for all those who drink and drive to ask whether they are part of the problem.

Connected? The hooked-on-social-media-world inhibits spontaneous conversation

Don’t leave forgiveness out of SA’s race debate

We can have more honest conversations about race but we cannot reject forgiveness and its aim of reconciliation, writes Verashni Pillay.