Ravan Press published many black authors who wrote against apartheid, leading to Peter Randall being banned by the state.
- Associate Professor, Publishing, University of Pretoria
Wits University Press is one of only 15 active university publishers in Africa – crucial for scholarship about the continent.
Political books touches a certain chord in South African society that makes them bestsellers.
Some have suggested that the publisher and author of ‘Mandela’s Last Years’ were simply attempting to cash in on the Mandela legacy. This is not a basis for the withdrawal of a book.
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