Pontsho Pilane
Pontsho Pilane was a health journalist at Bhekisisa, the Mail & Guardian's health journalism centre between 2016 and 2018. She debuted as a journalist at The Daily Vox, where she wrote primarily about gender, race and how they intersect. She was previously a general news reporter at the M&G. Pilane holds two degrees in media studies from Wits University.
![“[The female officer] was going to teach all the 'prostitutes' a lesson. The male police officers grabbed those ladies so the lady could force the [used] condoms into each lady’s mouth](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/5c678334-00-a-third-of-surveyed-sex-workers-report-being-raped-sexually-assaulted-by-police-324x160.jpeg "One in three sex workers surveyed report being sexually abused by police")
