Nationality South African Name Ferial Haffajee | Role Editor | |
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Born 20 February 1967 (age 57) ( 1967-02-20 ) Occupation Journalist, newspaper editor, author Alma mater University of the Witwatersrand Education University of the Witwatersrand Profiles | ||
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Ferial Haffajee (born 20 February 1967) is a South African journalist and newspaper editor. Haffajee has been the editor of the City Press newspaper since July 2009 and was previously the editor of the Mail & Guardian newspaper.
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- Early life and career
- Mail Guardian editorship
- Publication
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Haffajee was awarded the 2014 International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists and was appointed to the board of the International Press Institute in 2011.
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Early life and career
Haffajee, an Indian, grew up in Bosmont, a suburb of Johannesburg. Her father was a clothing factory worker. She is an alumnus of the University of the Witwatersrand.
Haffajee was a cub reporter at Mail & Guardian and has acted as its associate editor, media editor and economics writer at various times. Before taking up the editorship she held jobs at state broadcaster SABC, as a radio producer and television reporter, and at the Financial Mail magazine, where she was a senior editor responsible for political coverage and the managing editor.
Mail & Guardian editorship
Haffajee was appointed editor of Mail & Guardian at the age of 36 effective from 1 February 2004, two years after control of the paper was acquired by Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube.
In 2005 the paper became one of the few publications, after the regime change of 1994, interdicted from publishing specific stories. In 2006 the paper was again interdicted, and Haffajee threatened, after republishing controversial cartoons depicting Muhammad.
In March 2009 Mail & Guardian announced Haffajee's resignation, saying she would take up the position of editor of City Press in July. Previous speculation had identified her as a potential appointee as head of news at the SABC.