After studying at the University College at Salisbury Island (later the University of Durban-Westville), his career in journalism began in 1967 as a reporter onThe PostandDrummagazine and later withThe LeaderandThe Graphic. He joined the Argus Group of newspapers as a journalist for theDaily Newsand went on to serve as editor of that newspaper, as well asThe Mercury, theIndependent on Saturday, andThe Post, and was deputy editor of theSunday Tribunewhen he retired in 2010. He studied journalism at the International Institute of Journalism in Berlin and, as a former Nieman Fellow, he spent a year’s sabbatical at Harvard University in the United States in 1987/88.
Based in Durban, he was married to Kay and they have two children, Brendan Pather and Nisha Pather-Olofsson. The Posteditor Yogas Nair extended her heartfelt condolences to Pather’s family. Dennis was a cherished friend and mentor who will be dearly missed. “His passion for storytelling and his unique sense of humour have created lasting memories that his friends and colleagues will treasure forever,” said Nair.
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