20-06-2025
Remembering Saffura Khan: A champion for the blind and physically challenged
Saffura Khan, an activist for the blind and physically challenged, has left behind a legacy of compassion and advocacy that touched countless lives.
Khan, died on Thursday evening at the age of 67, after suffering a heart attack in hospital.
The Shallcross grandmother is remembered as someone who had the people at heart and championed for the blind and physically challenged community.
Khan was born without any vision and attended the Arthur Blaxall School for the Blind.
She worked as a receptionist for a furniture company.
She was involved with the KZN Blind and Deaf Society, the KZN Society for the Blind, and blind cricket. She also presented Disability in Focus on Radio Al Ansaar.
Khan also served as head of skills development and was responsible for income generation for the South African National Zakah Fund (SANZAF), an organisation engaged in welfare and development, education, emergency relief, and the provision of food aid and shelter for those in need.
The mother of two sons ran the Phoenix Light Group for the physically challenged, whose objective is to provide social, recreational and rehabilitation programmes and activities for persons living with disabilities in Durban and surrounds.
