Publishers Wits University Press

Cover for Leslie Swartz · How I Lost My Mother (Hardcover Book) (2021)

How I Lost My Mother (2021)

Cover for Jane Duncan · Destroying Democracy: Neoliberal capitalism and the rise of authoritarian politics (Paperback Book) (2021)

Destroying Democracy: Neoliberal... (2021)

Cover for Michelle Williams · Destroying Democracy (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Destroying Democracy (2021)

Michelle Williams

Cover for John Marnell · Seeking Sanctuary: Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration (Paperback Book) (2021)

Seeking Sanctuary: Stories of Se... (2021)

Cover for John Marnell · Seeking Sanctuary (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Seeking Sanctuary (2021)

Cover for Ashwin Desai · Colour, Class and Community - The Natal Indian Congress, 1971-1994 (Paperback Book) (2021)

Colour, Class and Community - Th... (2021)

Cover for Ashwin Desai · Colour, Class and Community - The Natal Indian Congress, 1971-1994 (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Colour, Class and Community - Th... (2021)

Cover for Phyllis Klotz · You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock / Wathint’ Abafazi, Wathint’ Imbokotho (Paperback Book) (2021)

You Strike a Woman, You Strike a... (2021)

Cover for Alan G. Morris · Bones and Bodies: How South African Scientists Studied Race (Paperback Book) (2022)

Bones and Bodies: How South Afri... (2022)

Cover for Alan G Morris · Bones and Bodies (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Bones and Bodies (2022)

Cover for Cynthia Kros · Archives of Times Past: Conversations about South Africa's Deep History (Paperback Book) (2022)

Archives of Times Past: Conversa... (2022)

Cover for Siphiwo Mahala · Can Themba: The Making and Breaking of the Intellectual Tsotsi, a Biography (Paperback Book) (2022)

Can Themba: The Making and Break... (2022)

Cover for Wits Communications · Wits University at 100: From Excavation to Innovation (Paperback Book) (2022)

Wits University at 100: From Exc... (2022)

Wits Communications

Cover for Vanya Gastrow · Citizen and Pariah: Somali Traders and the Regulation of Difference in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2022)

Citizen and Pariah: Somali Trade... (2022)

Cover for Vanya Gastrow · Citizen and Pariah: Somali Traders and the Regulation of Difference in South Africa (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Citizen and Pariah: Somali Trade... (2022)

Cover for Steven Friedman · One Virus, Two Countries: What COVID-19 Tells Us About South Africa (Paperback Book) (2021)

One Virus, Two Countries: What C... (2021)

Steven Friedman

Cover for Steven Friedman · One Virus, Two Countries (Hardcover Book) (2021)

One Virus, Two Countries (2021)

Steven Friedman

Cover for Jenny Perkel · Children in Mind: Their mental health in today’s world and what we can do to help them (Paperback Book) (2022)

Children in Mind: Their mental h... (2022)

Cover for Bhekizizwe Peterson · Foundational African Writers (Paperback Book) (2022)

Foundational African Writers (2022)

Bhekizizwe Peterson

Cover for Kopano Ratele · Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity (Paperback Book) (2022)

Why Men Hurt Women and Other Ref... (2022)

Cover for Kopano Ratele · Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity (Book) (2022)

Why Men Hurt Women and Other Ref... (2022)

Cover for Hein Marais · In The Balance (Paperback Book) (2022)

In The Balance (2022)

Cover for Jeremy Hollmann · Customs and Beliefs of the |xam (Hardcover Book) [2 Revised edition] (2022)

2 Revised edition

Customs and Beliefs of the |xam (2022)

Jeremy Hollmann

Cover for Ara Monadjem · African Ark: Mammals, landscape and the ecology of a continent (Paperback Book) (2023)

African Ark: Mammals, landscape ... (2023)

Cover for Dr Ara Monadjem · African Ark: Mammals, Landscape and the Ecology of a Continent (Hardcover Book) (2023)

African Ark: Mammals, Landscape ... (2023)

Dr Ara Monadjem

Cover for Amrita Pande · Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University (Book) (2023)

Epistemic Justice and the Postco... (2023)

Cover for Hugh Molotsi · The Intrapreneur’s Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Intrapreneur’s Journey: Empo... (2023)

Cover for Hugh Molotsi · The Intrapreneur's Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth (Hardcover Book) (2023)

The Intrapreneur's Journey: Empo... (2023)

Cover for Jonathan D. Jansen · Corrupted (Book) (2023)

Corrupted (2023)

Jonathan D. Jansen

Cover for Tanja Sakota · Uncovering Memory (Book) (2023)

Uncovering Memory (2023)

Cover for Tanja Sakota · Uncovering Memory (Book) (2023)

Uncovering Memory (2023)

Cover for Mervyn Shear · WITS: A University in the Apartheid Era (Paperback Book) (2022)

WITS: A University in the Aparth... (2022)

Cover for Bruce Murray · WITS: The Early Years (Paperback Book) (2022)

WITS: The Early Years (2022)

Cover for Bruce Murray · WITS: The 'Open' Years: A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1939-1959 (Paperback Book) (2022)

WITS: The 'Open' Years: A Histor... (2022)

Cover for Asanda-Jonas Benya · Labour Disrupted: Reflections on the future of work in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Labour Disrupted: Reflections on... (2023)

Asanda-Jonas Benya

Cover for Vishwas Satgar · Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19 (Book) (2023)

Emancipatory Feminism in the Tim... (2023)

Cover for Charne Lavery · Reading from the South (Book) (2023)

Reading from the South (2023)

Cover for Charne Lavery · Reading from the South (Book) (2023)

Reading from the South (2023)

Cover for Mbuso Nkosi · These Potatoes Look Like Humans: The contested future of land, home and death in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

These Potatoes Look Like Humans:... (2023)

Cover for David Boucher · Decolonisation: Revolution and Evolution (Paperback Book) (2023)

Decolonisation: Revolution and E... (2023)

Cover for Philip Harrison · Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Governing Complex City-Regions i... (2023)

Philip Harrison

Cover for Derek Hook · Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (Paperback Book) (2024)

Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, T... (2024)

Cover for Derek Hook · Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, T... (2024)

Cover for Maria C Marchetti-Mercer · Transnational Families in Africa: Migrants and the role of Information Communication Technologies (Paperback Book) (2023)

Transnational Families in Africa... (2023)

Maria C Marchetti-Mercer

Cover for Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer · Transnational Families in Africa (Book) (2023)

Transnational Families in Africa (2023)

Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer

Cover for Ulandi Du Plessis · Abortion Services and Reproductive Justice in Rural South Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Abortion Services and Reproducti... (2024)

Ulandi Du Plessis

Cover for Neil Coppen · Isidlamlilo / The Fire Eater: A play (Paperback Book) (2024)

Isidlamlilo / The Fire Eater: A ... (2024)

Cover for Michael Onyebuchi Eze · Rick Turner's Politics as the Art of the Impossible (Paperback Book) (2024)

Rick Turner's Politics as the Ar... (2024)

Michael Onyebuchi Eze

Cover for Barry Schoub · Fighting an Invisible Enemy: The Story of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Paperback Book) (2024)

Fighting an Invisible Enemy: The... (2024)

Cover for Barry Schoub · Fighting an Invisible Enemy : The Story of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Fighting an Invisible Enemy : Th... (2024)

Cover for William Keniston · Apartheid Spies and the Revolutionary Underground (Paperback Book) (2024)

Apartheid Spies and the Revoluti... (2024)

William Keniston

Cover for Billy Keniston · Apartheid Spies and the Revolutionary Underground (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Apartheid Spies and the Revoluti... (2025)

Cover for Suren Pillay · Predicaments of Knowledge : Decolonisation and Deracialisation in Universities (Paperback Book) (2024)

Predicaments of Knowledge : Deco... (2024)

Cover for Dineo Skosana · No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2025)

No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mini... (2025)

Release April 29, 2025

Cover for Dineo Skosana · No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mini... (2025)

Release April 29, 2025

Cover for Hlonipha Mokoena · The Nightwatchman: Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa (Paperback Book) (2025)

The Nightwatchman: Representing ... (2025)

Hlonipha Mokoena

Release August 1, 2025

Cover for Hlonipha Mokoena · The Nightwatchman: Essays on Portraiture and the Black Male Figure in Colonial South Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

The Nightwatchman: Essays on Por... (2025)

Hlonipha Mokoena

Release August 1, 2025

Cover for J. Pather · Restless Infections (Paperback Book) (2025)

Restless Infections (2025)

Release June 1, 2025

Cover for J. Pather · Restless Infections: Public Art and a Transforming City (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Restless Infections: Public Art ... (2025)

Release June 1, 2025

Cover for Thomas a Dowson · Rock Engravings in Southern Africa (Hardcover Book) (1992)

Rock Engravings in Southern Africa (1992)

Thomas a Dowson

Cover for Carolyn Hamilton · Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History (Paperback Book) (1995)

Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructiv... (1995)

Carolyn Hamilton

Cover for Bhekizizwe Peterson · Monarchs, Missionaries and African Intellectuals: African Theatre and the Unmaking of Colonial Marginality (Paperback Book) (2021)

Monarchs, Missionaries and Afric... (2021)

Bhekizizwe Peterson

Cover for Monique Marks · Young Warriors: Youth Politics Identity and Crisis in South Africa (Hardcover Book) (2008)

Young Warriors: Youth Politics I... (2008)

Cover for George Hallett · Portraits (Hardcover Book) (2006)

Portraits (2006)

Cover for John Kani · Nothing but the Truth: A play (Paperback Book) (2002)

Nothing but the Truth: A play (2002)

Cover for Francesco D’errico · From Tools to Symbols: From Early Hominids to Modern Humans (Paperback Book) (2005)

From Tools to Symbols: From Earl... (2005)

Francesco D’errico

Cover for R.Norman Owen-Smith · Adaptive Herbivore Ecology: From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments - Cambridge Studies in Ecology (Paperback Book) [Student edition] (2005)

Student edition

Adaptive Herbivore Ecology: From... (2005)

R.Norman Owen-Smith

Cover for Lara Allen · Composing Apartheid: Music for and against apartheid (Paperback Book) (2008)

Composing Apartheid: Music for a... (2008)

Cover for Anitra Nettleton · African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests (Paperback Book) (2007)

African Dream Machines: Style, I... (2007)

Anitra Nettleton

Cover for Darryl Accone · We Write What We Like: Celebrating Steve Biko (Paperback Book) (2007)

We Write What We Like: Celebrati... (2007)

Cover for Patrick Arbuthnot · Molecular Medicine for Clinicians (Paperback Book) (2008)

Molecular Medicine for Clinicians (2008)

Patrick Arbuthnot

Cover for Roger Hewitt · Structure, Meaning and Ritual in the Narratives of the Southern San (Paperback Book) (2008)

Structure, Meaning and Ritual in... (2008)

Cover for Sarah Nuttall · Entanglement: Literary and cultural reflections on post-apartheid (Paperback Book) (2009)

Entanglement: Literary and cultu... (2009)

Cover for Bury Me at the Marketplace: Es'kia Mphahlele and Company. Letters 1943-2006 (Paperback Book) (2009)

Bury Me at the Marketplace: Es'k... (2009)

Cover for Carol Long · Contradicting Maternity: HIV-positive motherhood in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2009)

Contradicting Maternity: HIV-pos... (2009)

Cover for Patricia Vinnicombe · People Of The Eland: Rock Paintings of the Drakensberg Bushmen as a Reflection of Their Life and Thought (Paperback Book) (2009)

People Of The Eland: Rock Painti... (2009)

Patricia Vinnicombe

Cover for The Eland’s people: New perspectives in the rock art of the Maloti-Drakensberg bushmen (Paperback Book) (2009)

The Eland’s people: New perspect... (2009)

Cover for Malvern van Wyk Smith · The First Ethiopians: The image of Africa and Africans in the early Mediterranean world (Paperback Book) (2009)

The First Ethiopians: The image ... (2009)

Malvern van Wyk Smith

Cover for David Everatt · The Origins of Non-Racialism: White opposition to apartheid in the 1950s (Paperback Book) (2009)

The Origins of Non-Racialism: Wh... (2009)

Cover for Pumla Dineo Gqola · What is Slavery to Me?: Postcolonial / Slave Memory in post-apartheid South Africa (Paperback Book) (2010)

What is Slavery to Me?: Postcolo... (2010)

Pumla Dineo Gqola

Cover for Doreen Atkinson · New South African Review 1: 2010: Development or decline? (Paperback Book) (2010)

New South African Review 1: 2010... (2010)

Doreen Atkinson

Cover for William Beinart · Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2010)

Popular Politics and Resistance ... (2010)

William Beinart

Cover for William Beinart · Prickly Pear: A Social History of a Plant in the Eastern Cape (Paperback Book) (2011)

Prickly Pear: A Social History o... (2011)

William Beinart

Cover for Xolela Mangcu · Becoming Worthy Ancestors: Archive, public deliberation and identity in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2011)

Becoming Worthy Ancestors: Archi... (2011)

Cover for Kally Forrest · Metal that Will not Bend: The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, 1980-1995 (Paperback Book) (2011)

Metal that Will not Bend: The Na... (2011)

Cover for Claire Benit-Gbaffou · South Africa and India: Shaping the Global South (Paperback Book) (2011)

South Africa and India: Shaping ... (2011)

Claire Benit-Gbaffou

Cover for Life of Bone: The Taung Fossil and Thre South African Artists (Hardcover Book) (2011)

Life of Bone: The Taung Fossil a... (2011)

Cover for Michael Burawoy · Conversations with Bourdieu: The Johannesburg Moment (Paperback Book) (2012)

Conversations with Bourdieu: The... (2012)

Michael Burawoy

Cover for William Attwell · New South African Review 2: New paths, old compromises? (Paperback Book) (2011)

New South African Review 2: New ... (2011)

William Attwell

Cover for Susan Booysen · The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political Power (Paperback Book) (2011)

The African National Congress an... (2011)

Cover for Noor Nieftagodien · Orlando West, Soweto: An illustrated history (Paperback Book) (2012)

Orlando West, Soweto: An illustr... (2012)

Noor Nieftagodien

Cover for Mike Perrin · Parrots of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: Biology, ecology and conservation (Hardcover Book) (2012)

Parrots of Africa, Madagascar an... (2012)

Cover for Anthony Akerman · Somewhere on the Border: A play (Paperback Book) (2012)

Somewhere on the Border: A play (2012)

Anthony Akerman

Cover for Rita Barnard · Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2012)

Print, Text and Book Cultures in... (2012)

Cover for Glenda Daniels · Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the media in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2012)

Fight for Democracy: The ANC and... (2012)

Cover for John Masterson · The Disorder of Things: A Foucauldian approach to the work of Nuruddin Farah (Paperback Book) (2013)

The Disorder of Things: A Foucau... (2013)

Cover for Grant Christison · The People’s Paper: A centenary history and anthology of Abantu-Batho (Paperback Book) (2012)

The People’s Paper: A centenary ... (2012)

Grant Christison

Cover for Thozama April · One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating liberation histories today (Paperback Book) (2012)

One Hundred Years of the ANC: De... (2012)

Cover for Sumaya Laher · Psychological Assessment in South Africa: Research and applications (Paperback Book) (2013)

Psychological Assessment in Sout... (2013)

Cover for Brenda Schmahmann · Picturing Change: Curating visual culture at post-apartheid universities (Paperback Book) (2013)

Picturing Change: Curating visua... (2013)

Brenda Schmahmann