Zubeida Jaffer

Dearest Madiba I write this article to mark Mandela Day (18 July) and hope my words reach you wherever you are in the heavens. In this month 16 years ago (on 11 July 2010) you…

An imaginative reflection on South Africa in the 1800s sketched around the life of the country’s first native female university graduate

Nelson Mandela once said that the Palestine issue is the greatest moral question of our time …

A reflection on the inspiration of Sindiwe Magona to go into an essay collection as she turns 80

The archbishop was a ‘strong tree’ who made life’s journey more bearable, writes Zubeida Jaffer.

His blanket apology did not cast him as a man of principle but as a man of cowardice

In 1902 she fought for emancipation, including that of women, and was the first black South African to graduate with a BSc

This book is a must read for those seeking to understand an important worldview that no longer remains hidden in the sands of the desert

The world’s business leaders gather to shape a financial system that enriches them, causing financial crises and increasing the inequality gap.

Why a book on Charlotte Maxeke? Zubeida Jaffer explains how this extraordinary woman should be remembered in South Africa today.

Birth, death, love and taxes are said to be the only constants in life, but one more thing could be added: a Robert Mugabe Cabinet. One would like to think that Stan Made — a man…

Dullah Omar was a Muslim man of Asian ancestry. He was South African. An African. A man of the world. But most of all, in his own words, a ”human being”. A person equal to all…