Ferial Haffajee is highly respected as one of South Africa’s thought leaders and commentators. She effectively uses her media platform to raise and discuss issues pertinent to the state of the nation.

In the light of a provocative question 'What if there were no Whites in South Africa?', Haffajee examines our history and our present, and her analysis yields some thought-provoking analysis for the country.

About the author

Ferial Haffajee is the editor-in-chief of City Press newspaper, having previously headed up the Mail & Guardian from 2004 until 2009. She sits on the boards of the International Women’s Media Foundation, the World Editors Forum, the International Press Institute and the Inter Press Service, and she has won several awards, both local and international, related to media freedom and independence as well as for her reporting over the years. Haffajee lives in Johannesburg. This is her first book.