Verashni Pillay

**Verashni Pillay** (an haife shi 11 Fabrairu 1984) ɗan jarida ne kuma edita ɗan Afirka ta Kudu. Ita ce babban editan The Huffington Post Afirka ta Kudu da Mail & Guardian. Ita ce shugabar dijital a gidan rediyon Afirka ta Kudu, POWER 98.7 kuma a halin yanzu tana gudanar da nata kamfani, explain.co.za.  

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Pillay a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu 1984 kuma ta girma a Laudium, Pretoria. A 2007 ta sauke karatu tare da digiri na girmamawa a aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Rhodes . 

## Sana'a
Pillay ta fara aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida a watan Janairun 2007 a News24, bayan ta sami takardar shaidar kammala karatun digiri.  Daga baya ta shiga cikin *Mail &amp;amp; Guardian* a cikin 2009, inda ta tashi cikin sauri a cikin jerin littattafan.  Ta kasance farkon mai ɗaukar dijital a cikin aikin jarida, inda ta sami nasarar nau'ikan dijital na farko biyu a lambobin yabo na aikin jarida na gargajiya. A shekara ta 2012 ta lashe lambar yabo ta CNN ta Afirka na Gwarzon ɗan jarida a fannin aikin jarida na zamani na farko.  A cikin 2013 ta lashe lambar yabo ta Standard Bank Sikuvile don aikin jarida da yawa. 

Pillay ya yi rubutu da yawa game da launin fata da jinsi. Ta ba da gudummawar wata maƙala ga tarin, *Rukunin Mutane* (2013) game da shahararrun al'adu da harshe.  A cikin 2015 an nada ta a matsayin babban editan *Mail & Guardian* .  An san Pillay don ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar edita mai ƙarfi kuma ta taimaka wa *Mail & Guardian* girma a wurare dabam dabam.  Ta haɓaka jimlar kowace shekara a kowace kwata a lokacinta a matsayinta na babban editan M&G, jaridar SA daya tilo a kowane fanni da ta yi hakan a wancan lokacin.   

A 2015 an zabe ta a matsayin daya daga cikin Mata 100 na BBC .  A cikin 2016 ta sami lambar yabo ta Standard Bank Sikuvile a cikin ginshiƙai / nau'in edita don rukunin aikinta na marubuci. 

A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 2016 an zaɓe ta a matsayin babban edita a *The Huffington Post* (Afirka ta Kudu).  Bayan ta yi murabus bisa ka'ida ta shiga gidan rediyon POWER 98.7 a matsayin shugabar dijital.

## Rigima
A watan Janairun 2016 Pillay ta rubuta wata kasida a cikin Mail & Guardian inda ta nakalto majiyoyin da suka yi ikirarin Mmusi Maimane, shugaban jam'iyyar adawa ta Democratic Alliance, yana daukar "darussan jagoranci" daga shugaban mulkin wariyar launin fata na karshe FW de Klerk .  Daga baya Pillay ya nemi afuwa saboda rashin daukar karin matakai don tabbatar da zargin kuma ya yi alkawarin inganta matakai da amincewa da gyara kurakurai cikin sauri a nan gaba.   Maimane da DA suka karbi uzurin. 

A cikin watan Afrilun 2017 bugu na Afirka ta Kudu na Huffington Post ya buga wani shafi da aka goge yanzu mai taken "Shin Zai Iya Kasance Lokaci Don Ƙarƙashin Mazajen Fararen Hula?" wanda ya ba da shawarar a hana mazan farar fata 'yancin yin zabe. Pillay da farko ta kare wanda ake zargin marubucin ne a bayan wannan yanki, wanda ke kan samun ƙarshen hare-haren jima'i, kuma ta kare ainihin jigon cewa maza farar fata sun fi ƙarfin iko, yayin da ta ce ba ta yarda da duk abin da ke cikin shafin yanar gizon ba, a cikin labarin da aka goge yanzu.  Daga baya ya bayyana cewa wani bature ne ya rubuta wannan mukami wanda ya so yin tsokaci game da rashin tantance gaskiya a kafafen yada labarai na Afirka ta Kudu wanda kuma da gangan ya kafa hujja kan kura-kurai.  Pillay ta ba da hakuri. 

Ta yi murabus  bisa ka'ida a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 2017, biyo bayan hukuncin da Ofishin 'Yan Jaridu na Afirka ta Kudu ya yanke cewa labarin karya ya zama kalaman nuna kiyayya.  HuffPost SA da Media 24 nan da nan suka buga kuma sun bi hukuncin,   duk da damuwar jama'a game da ingancin sa da ma'anar maganganun ƙiyayya.     Pillay ta daukaka kara kan hukuncin a matsayinta na kanta. Cikakkun kwamitin kwamitin daukaka kara na Ombud na 'yan jarida ya yi watsi da wannan binciken, a wani zaman da aka yi da shi.  

Bayan faruwar lamarin Pillay ta bayyana a cikin wata hira da ta yi cewa yayin da ta amince da kurakuran ta kuma ta yi murabus saboda su, ƙungiyar ta na aiki a wani shimfiɗaɗɗen ɗakin labarai inda mawallafin ya nace a kan abubuwa 30 na musamman a rana, tare da ƙananan yan jarida uku. Ta ce an yi watsi da buƙatun na ƙananan editoci kuma an nemi editan shafukan yanar gizo da ya ninka sau biyu a matsayin mai ba da rahoto. 

Editan shafukan yanar gizo na HuffPost SA, Sipho Hlongwane, daga baya an sanya shi ya fuskanci shari'ar ladabtarwa amma ya yi murabus kafin ya faru. 

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Pillay a Mail and Guardian
* Pillay a dandalin Global Media Forum
* Pillay a The Huffington Post Afirka ta Kudu