Welcome to the website of Award-winning South African Journalist, Author & Activist
Zubeida jaffer
Latest Posts
The Story About a Cave
By Zubeida JafferNine years ago, in this month of August, I entered the Holy City of Mecca to perform the pilgrimage. (Read Sharing my haj experience, www.zubeidajaffer.co.za) During this time, I had the opportunity to travel to the Mountain of Light where the Holy...
Dr Desiree Ellis: The Architect of Banyana’s Golden Age
By Len KalaneA Cape Town schoolgirl who was once told football wasn't for her is now the only coach in history to have beaten Nigeria three times — and she has one more gruelling play-off gauntlet standing between Banyana Banyana and a third World Cup. On Thursday...
Beijing +30 African Women’s Movement lead a top-level intervention in South Africa’s anti-migrant narrative exposing online disinformation
By Hasina KathradaSenior African political leaders, diplomats, lawyers and researchers have launched a coordinated pushback against South Africa's increasingly hardline migration narrative, arguing that migrants are being scapegoated for governance failures while...
Development, Not Deportation: The Case for a SADC Marshall Plan
By Mavuso Msimang Last year, the South African government spent an estimated R500 million deporting 109,344 undocumented African migrants. Do the arithmetic, as one occasionally must in this line of work, and the figure comes to roughly R2,670 for every person...
Organisations launch campaign against Xenophobia, for African Unity
By Zubeida JafferClose to 80 community groups across South Africa and beyond are launching an effort to unite Africa and mobilise against xenophobia on the eve of Women’s Day, 8 August 2026. The coalition says rising anti‑migrant violence threatens African solidarity...
New U.S. Army Psychological Operations Company launched to “influence and persuade” Africans
By Zubeida JafferOn 15 July 2026, the U.S. Army formally activated a new psychological operations company dedicated to the African continent. The unit, Delta Company, 7th Psychological Operations Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne), also uses the nickname...
