News24 Ferial Haffajee

#WTF was she thinking?

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:02:15 +0200

Ferial Haffajee considers the ways Anene Booysen might have escaped her destiny had there been better safeguards in place.

'Us and them' at ANC conference

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:55:37 +0200

Ferial Haffajee takes a trip through an ANC conference of two worlds.

Jacob Zuma is going to win Mangaung

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:20:29 +0200

Ferial Haffajee explains why Jacob Zuma is going to win re-election in Mangaung

Is it time to say the K-word?

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:15:52 +0200

It is time to say we live in a kleptocracy where we have lost our common outrage at theft and corruption because it is now ingrained in who we are, say Ferial Haffajee.

Strive, the beloved country

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:26:39 +0200

A new centre is forming in our political life, writes Ferial Haffajee.

The Woolworths boycott brigade

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:00:38 +0200

Before you boycott Woolworths bear in mind that, even 18 years after apartheid, we are not yet playing on an even field, says Ferial Haffajee.

Cyril, what for art thou, Cyril?

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:33:13 +0200

In some circles, there is an obsession with Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dear black person

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:45:24 +0200

Ferial Haffajee: This is for you, my brother or sister, who penned that piece of cods wallop yesterday, entitled "Dear white people in South Africa".

The Spear is down – out of care and fear

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:47:41 +0200

The Spear is down. Out of care and as an olive branch to play a small role in helping turn around a tough moment, I have decided to take down the image.

How a painting divided a nation

Mon, 28 May 2012 07:30:45 +0200

Ferial Haffajee explains how her thinking has changed after a turbulent week of The Spear.

The spear of the nation stays up

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:26:12 +0200

Did we think the image of President Jacob Zuma by Brett Murray was particularly beautiful to persuade us to publish it? No, says Ferial Haffajee.

Attention ANC: we are a serious country with serious potential

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:23:30 +0200

The national testament the SA Institute of Race Relations sets out above is very different to the narrative about South Africa, writes Ferial Haffajee.

The unbearable contradictions of being Malema

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:02:17 +0200

This is a good time to look at four confusing contradictions that define the agenda and life of Julius Malema, writes Ferial Haffajee.

Tea girls of the world unite!

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:36:40 +0200

At an early age, I ran into the reality that we are all tea girls, writes Ferial Haffajee.

How the ANC lost the coloured and Indian vote

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:19:55 +0200

The reason it lost is that the ANC sees it as a coloured and Indian vote - when it didn't, the ANC was much more successful in these former strongholds, says Ferial Haffajee.

Towards 2012

Mon, 16 May 2011 20:06:25 +0200

When the story of this election is written, Julius Malema will be chronicled as its rockstar who built toilets, saved Gauteng, pushed back in Cape Town and secured his own future.

How much sushi can one man eat?

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:13:09 +0200

I don’t understand the fascination with Louis Vuitton. The leather’s hard and the emblazoned initials screech loud money.

A parallel world for Girl, 15

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:15:39 +0200

Ferial Haffajee sketches out a different week, a different life, for Girl, 15, of Jules High. She first came to attention for alleging that she had been gang-raped.

The courting of contempt

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:12:44 +0200

‘Arented dog of a conspiracy theory.” Say what? You’ve got to give it to the ANC Youth League for consistency: the H for Woodwork, the E for Elocution and I for Ignorance seem endemic to its membership.

The SABC's B-roll

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:09:57 +0200

A producer at SABC had Ferial Haffajee flummoxed and revealed the poverty of assigning and production talent that has been allowed to creep in through the years of crisis.