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Can the ANC rescue its tarnished image?
In the Star and Cape Times 15 September 2008 By Zubeida Jaffer* ANC president Jacob Zuma has acknowledged that the greatest challenge for his party in the upcoming elections would be getting people out to vote. An internal ANC survey has found that it may lose its...
ANC is 95 years old
Is the ANC in danger of losing its role as moral compass to millions who have long seen it as the force for enlightened change in this country? Today(January 8th), it is 95 years old and decidedly shaky. Over decades, it has been present, providing direction and hope...
ANNUAL PRESS FREEDOM ADDRESS DELIVERED BY ZUBEIDA JAFFER GROUP PARLIAMENTARY EDITOR-INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS RHODES UNIVERSITY
5 MAY 1997 This is special moment for me returning to my Alma Mater on this auspicious occasion. When I received the invitation to give this address, my parents asked if they could accompany me to Grahamstown. They are not physically here tonight but are with me in...
Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) Last Sermon
After praising, and thanking God, the Prophet, may God send His praises upon him said: “O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore, listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and take...