Kashiefa Ajam

I've led The Saturday Star newsroom and shaped investigations that drove national conversation across South Africa's national media.

As Editor for eight years, I managed more than 20 journalists, editors and producers, set editorial strategy across print and digital, and held full editorial and legal responsibility for published content. I increased digital readership through data-informed content strategy, introduced new storytelling formats, and developed guidelines adopted across multiple Independent Media titles.

My reporting includes undercover work on far-right extremist activity, the long-form crime investigation The Killer Who Came to Tea, and The Gallows: Justice and Healing. I've built trusted sources across law enforcement, the judiciary, government and civil society, and co-authored The A to Z of Politics in South Africa: People, Parties and Players.

Now in the UK, I'm completing the NCTJ Level 5 Diploma and bringing rigorous investigative instincts, newsroom leadership, and commitment to British journalism standards.