Date: Friday, 29 May 2009
Time: 11:00
Venue: Theater 170, Graduate School, University of Pretoria

Ms Jaffer is an award winning author journalist and political analyst. Nadine Gordimer said of her biography Her story is (of) a woman of Cape Muslim background, a journalist and an activist in the South African struggle and tells of a mother bearing and rearing a child while enduring harassment, torture and prison…

In 2007, she received the Honor Medal for Journalism from the University of Missouri, its highest award for excellence. Zubeida stands out as a powerful voice in post freedom South Africa. She is forthright and builds bridges to heal the wounds of the past.

The seminar is hosted by the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies and Department of Afrikaans.
For further information please contact Marinda Maree or Rory du Plessis at: (012) 420-3898 or (012) 4203897