Verashni Pillay resigns from The Huffington Post SA with immediate effect

Pillay's resignation followed immediately on the release of the findings of the press ombudsman that a blog published on The Huffington Post was both malicious and discriminatory.

This comes after Pillay wrote a response article explaining what had gone wrong in publishing the fake news piece and what measures would be taken to ensure stricter checks in future:

Many things went wrong but here's what I could have done better, writes @verashni. #HuffPostSA https://t.co/BrlcEpNjFF

— HuffPost SouthAfrica (@HuffPostSA) April 20, 2017

[Editorial] What the Huffington Post saga taught us.https://t.co/M7gXLdvB7D

— The Daily VOX (@thedailyvox) April 19, 2017

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