Jason Jaftha

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| birth_name = Jason Jamaine Jaftha

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|05|04}}

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| refereeyears1 = 2013

| refereeyears2 = 2009–2013

| refereecomps1 = Super Rugby

| refereecomps2 = Currie Cup

| refereeapps1 = 6

| refereeapps2 = 39

| ru_refereeupdate = 5 December 2016

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Jason Jamaine Jaftha (born 4 May 1985) is a South African Rugby Union referee that refereed in the Super Rugby and Currie Cup competitions. He hails from the Southern Cape (SWD union) where he attended Zwartberg High School.{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=39099 | name=Jason Jaftha | date=4 June 2016}}

He served on the Elite Panel and also officiated Super Rugby matches, but suffered a serious knee injury in 2014,{{cite web | url=http://www.rugby365.com/article/58514-ref-jaftha-injured | title=Ref Jaftha injured | work=Rugby365 | date=17 February 2014 | accessdate=3 December 2015}} which ruled him out for the entire year.{{cite web | url=http://www.planetrugby.com/news/match-officials-to-march-1/ | title=Match officials to March 1 | work=Planet Rugby | date=24 February 2015 | accessdate=3 December 2015}} He returned to limited action in 2015, taking charge of first class matches in the 2015 Vodacom Cup,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=140684 | homeid=24364 | awayid=24384 | leagueid=2304 | hometeam=Toyota Free State XV | homescore=29 | awayscore=30 | awayteam=DHL Western Province | matchdate=2 May 2015 | date=6 May 2016}} but didn't referee in the Super Rugby or Currie Cup competitions, although he was utilised as an assistant on occasion, including the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division final.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=145084 | homeid=26624 | awayid=26584 | leagueid=2494 | hometeam=Xerox Golden Lions | homescore=32 | awayscore=24 | awayteam=DHL Western Province | matchdate=24 October 2015 | date=6 May 2016}} At the end of 2015, his injury record also saw him demoted from the South African Rugby Referees' Association's Elite Panel to their National Panel,{{cite press release | url=http://www.sareferees.com/News/refs-panels-for-2016/2830558/ | title=Refs panels for 2016 | publisher=South African Rugby Referees' Association | date=2 December 2015 | accessdate=3 December 2015}} and he was removed from the refereeing panel altogether for 2017.{{Cite press release|title=Seconds promoted to Premier Panel |date=5 December 2016 |publisher=SA Rugby Referees |url=http://www.sareferees.com/News/seconds-promoted-to-premier-panel/2830800 |access-date=5 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205094404/http://www.sareferees.com/News/seconds-promoted-to-premier-panel/2830800 |archive-date= 5 December 2016 }}