Ferial Haffajee

Ferial Haffajee
Born (1967-02-20) 20 February 1967
Occupation Journalist, newspaper editor, author
Nationality South African
Alma mater University of the Witwatersrand

Ferial Haffajee (born 20 February 1967)[1][2] 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.

Haffajee was appointed to the board of the International Press Institute in 2011.[3]

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.[4]

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,[5] and at the Financial Mail magazine, where she was a senior editor responsible for political coverage and the managing editor.[6]

Mail & Guardian editorship

Haffajee was appointed editor of Mail & Guardian at the age of 36 effective from 1 February 2004,[2][7] two years after control of the paper was acquired by Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube.[8]

In 2005 the paper became one of the few publications, after the regime change of 1994, interdicted from publishing specific stories.[9] In 2006 the paper was again interdicted, and Haffajee threatened, after republishing controversial cartoons depicting Muhammad.[10]

In March 2009 Mail & Guardian announced Haffajee's resignation, saying she would take up the position of editor of City Press in July.[11] Previous speculation had identified her as a potential appointee as head of news at the SABC.[12]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Board members stay gender linked". Gender Linked (Gender Links) (14). February 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Quist-Arcton, Ofeibea (26 January 2004). "South Africa: Ferial Haffajee: South Africa's First Woman Newspaper Editor". AllAfrica. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Ellis, Steven M (5 October 2011). "IPI Elects New Board Members". IPI. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Haffajee, Ferial (2015). What If There Were No Whites In South Africa?. Johannesburg: Picador Africa. ISBN 9781770104402.
  5. ↑ "The Africa Radio Awards". BBC. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  6. ↑ "Biography of Ferial Haffajee". The Globalist. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  7. ↑ "New editor for the Mail and Guardian". Independent Online. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "Barrell to leave M&G". News24. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "Fact or fiction, this paper has been pulped". Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  10. ↑ "SA editor threatened over cartoon". BBC. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  11. ↑ "Haffajee ready for new challenges". Independent Online. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Newmarch, Jocelyn (31 March 2009). "Mail & Guardian editor Haffajee lands City Press job". Business Day. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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