Once a scathing critic of the DA, 'lefty prof' Adam Habib is backing Helen Zille for Joburg
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Terence CorriganHelen ZilleAdam HabibDemocratic AllianceUniversity Of JohannesburgUnited StatesCape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaGaza, Israel (General), IsraelSouth AfricaPalestinianLondon, London, City Of, United KingdomSouth AfricanJohannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaKhayelitsha, Western Cape, South AfricaMarikana, North-West, South Africa
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Mon, 7 September 2026
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Prolific and persistent, Prof Adam Habib has been a fixture of South Africa’s intellectual milieu for decades. His contributions include books, scholarly articles, opinion pieces and television appearances. These made him, arguably, the only South African academic administrator – at the University of Johannesburg, then at Wits, and now at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London – whose name became widely known.