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Interview with Minoshni Pillay

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Minoshni Pillay completed a BJourn degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management at Rhodes University in the early 2000s. During this time Minoshni filled the roles of DJ, talk show host and newsreader on campus radio station Rhodes Music Radio. After completing her studies Minoshni spent a year working with Highway Africa News Agency, which included overall management of the annual Highway Africa conference and the responsibility for liaising with journalists from across Africa. In 2009 Minoshni joined the SABC as a radio news journalist, where her role included field reporting, story generation, scripting for news bulletins, and live and telephonic interviews for current affairs shows. During her tenure at the SABC she has been the acting news editor for KwaZulu-Natal and is currently a full-time editor for SABC News. Minoshni was a radio feature winner of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year awards in 2013, for her feature Shakaskraal graves. She has won awards for her environmental reporting, including a SAB Environmental Journalist Award for Broadcast in 2016 and an Ezemvelo Excellency Award, issued by Ezemelo KZN Wildlife, in January 2015.
5 Jul 2023 English South Africa Business · Education

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