Ferial Haffajee (born 20 February 1967)[1][2] is a South African journalist and newspaper editor.

[4] Haffajee is currently Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick,[5] and was previously editor-at-large at HuffPost South Africa until it ended its partnership with Media24 in 2018.

[9] Haffajee was appointed editor of Mail & Guardian at the age of 36 effective from 1 February 2004,[2][10] two years after control of the paper was acquired by Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube.

[12] In 2006 the paper was again interdicted, and Haffajee threatened, after republishing controversial cartoons depicting Muhammad.

[13] In March 2009 Mail & Guardian announced Haffajee's resignation, saying she would take up the position of editor of City Press in July.