
The masters behind the magic.
The masters behind the
magic.


Verashni Pillay
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Verashni Pillay is the founder of explain, and is passionate about empowering citizens to hold those in power to account. She was previously editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian and HuffPost South Africa, and head of digital at Power FM.

Kajal Premnath
Account Associate
Kajal holds an MA in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation from the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich. She has previous experience in African-focused humanitarian media and transnational newsrooms. The enduring power of words in shaping the narrative of tomorrow remains the foundation upon which she builds her career

Tshego Mphahlele
Writer
Tshego is a writer and law student from Pretoria. A keen follower of social media trends, his interests include high fantasy media, politics, science, talk radio, reading and listening to music.
He is also probably one of the only people left who still play Pokemon Go.

Emma Solomon
Writer
Emma is a freshly graduated journalist from Stellenbosch University, who also holds an Honours in history. She joined the Explain team, eager to provide thorough and truthful information and connect with her generation.

Michelle Cooper
Writer

Ashleigh De Silva
Video Editor
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Dianne Hawker
iNtatheli Media - Media training and content
Dianne is a media allrounder, experienced in print, broadcast and digital. A former eNCA reporter, Dianne was a news editor at The Times and Timeslive before leading the Power 98.7 newsroom. She helped launch Newzroom Afrika and is now Editor for Video for Timeslive Multimedia.

Nathan Simons
Big Beard - Web development

Candice Bailey
Ntatheli Media - Media training and content
