Zubeida Jaffer - Author & Journalist - Committed to Excellence

Anyone who has had the opportunity to read Zubeida Jaffer’s book, Beauty of the Heart, the Life and Times of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke and Dr. Thozama April’s Doctoral thesis titled:…

By Vijay Prashad On Sunday, May 5, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton announced that the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber…

By Professor Aslam Fataar And say not of those who are slain in the path of God’s cause. “They are dead”. Nay, they are alive though you perceive it not. (Q2: 154) This Quranic verse…

We South Africans fought back fiercely and successfully against the cruelty of colonialism and apartheid. On Freedom Day, I celebrate that collective spirit of tireless effort…

May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day. It gives us an opportunity to assess the progress of our profession annually.

Fifty years ago, in 1969, seven men were killed in detention for their political beliefs. The family of the seventh man is about to launch a campaign to bring attention to these freedom…

Moravian Hill, District Six, 20 November 2018 When I came up the hill and heard the music coming from the church, I was so thrilled because it was in essence so much Chris Wessels. Nabs,…

IN 1967, a book by Caribbean writer VS Naipaul examined how newly-created elites in newly-independent countries that had laboured under colonialism began acting with as much greed, cruelty…

Zubeida Jaffer awarded Imagine Awards 2018 Special Recognition Award for Social Justice

Have you ever wondered how wealthy the church really is? In his book, ‘The Vatican Billions’, writer and philosopher Avro Manhattan gives us a glimpse of the true financial worth of the…