A little baby I once met
By Zubeida Jaffer I arrived early at the District Six Homecoming Centre for the launch of lawyer...
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Category: Written by Zubeida
Two Muslim Views journalists win Story of the Year Award for expose of the sale of fake holy water in South Africa
By Zubeida Jaffer Two Muslim Views journalists Mahmood Sanglay and Yaseen Bardien took the top...
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A woman fully reclaimed after being written out of history
By Zubeida Jaffer On Friday night (28 August,2026), the University of the Western Cape (UWC)...
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The Story About a Cave
By Zubeida Jaffer Nine years ago, in this month of August, I entered the Holy City of Mecca to...
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Organisations launch campaign against Xenophobia, for African Unity
By Zubeida Jaffer Close to 80 community groups across South Africa and beyond are launching an...
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New U.S. Army Psychological Operations Company launched to “influence and persuade” Africans
By Zubeida Jaffer On 15 July 2026, the U.S. Army formally activated a new psychological...
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Dearest Madiba
I write this article to mark Mandela Day (18 July) and hope my words reach you wherever you are in...
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March and March came to Wynberg on Saturday 20 June
By Zubeida Jaffer The first anti-immigrant march in the southern suburbs of the Cape was set to...
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Remembering June 16
By Zubeida Jaffer To protest against the killings of schoolchildren in Soweto on June 16, 1976,the...
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J M Coetzee praises NWASA as controversy over Jerusalem Festival exchange grows
Nobel laureate J M Coetzee backs NWASA amid growing controversy over Gaza, cultural boycotts and the Jerusalem Festival exchange.
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South African writers back Coetzee’s Boycott of Jerusalem Writers Festival
By Zubeida Jaffer The National Writers’ Association of South Africa (NWASA) has expressed its...
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South Africa and Namibia Lead Africa on 2026 Press Freedom Index
South Africa and Namibia lead Africa in the 2026 Press Freedom Index, both ranking above the United States. Their standing reflects strong legal protections and media independence, even as global press freedom reaches its lowest level in 25 years.
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