Publications:
- Children on the Frontline: A Report for UNICEF ON THE Status of Children in South Africa(with Professor Francis Wilson), 1987
- Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge (with Professor Francis Wilson), 1988
- Restoring the Land: Environment and Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa(with Chris McDowell)
- Bounds of Possibility: The Legacy of Steve Biko and Black Consciousness(with Barney Pityana, Malusi Mpulwana and Lindy Wilson)
- A Bed Called Home: Life in the Migrant Hostels of Cape Town, 1993
- Mamphela Ramphele - A Life, 1995
- Across Boundaries: The Journey of a South African Woman Leader, 1996,
- Laying Ghosts to Rest: Dilemmas of the transformation in South Africa, 2008
- Steering by the Stars, 2002
