PONTSHO PILANE

WORDSMITH / ACTIVIST / TEACHER

An award-winning journalist, Pontsho writes, amongst others, the Alliances monthly column in South Africa’s largest daily newspaper, Daily Sun that takes complex scientific news to a critical mass of readers.

She is a successful journalist, editor, media lecturer and trainer who has focused on the intersections of gender, health and class in post-apartheid South Africa. She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in covering sexual and reproductive health, training other journalists on how to ethically and sensitively report on gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health as well as gender in general.