South Africa

Ferial Haffajee assumed the position of Editor in Chief of the City Press in July 2009. She was the former Editor in Chief of the Mail and Guardian and the first woman to raise to that position. Previously, she worked at Financial Mail as Senior Editor responsible for political reporting; she covered the presidency and the tripartite alliance and was its managing editor. She has also worked at the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) as a radio producer and television reporter. But the pen has always beckoned - she cut her teeth at the M&G as a cub reporter and served the newspaper as Media Editor, Economics Writer and Associate Editor before assuming the hot seat.

Her part time passions include training young journalists, political risk analysis, and training various organisations in media skills. She is a BA graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a previous winner of the Sanlam financial journalism awards; was named as one of 10 Shoprite/Checkers women of the year in 2004 and was also named as one of The Media magazine¹s Top 10 women in media for the same year.