About the author Francis Wilson, an emeritus professor at the University of Cape Town, taught in the School of Economics for 40 years. He has written widely on the South African political economy, founded the South African Labour & Development Research Unit and directed the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development. He was Chairperson of the Council of the University of Fort Hare and chaired the National Water Advisory Council. The author’s published work includes     •     Labour in the South African Gold Mines 1911–1969, Cambridge,1972     •     South Africa: The Cordoned Heart (ed. Omar Badsha), Cape Town, 1986     •     Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge (with Mamphela Ramphele), Cape Town, 1989 Title published by Umuzi: Dinosaurs, Diamonds & Democracy, 2009 home   writers   books   contact   buy   rights all content © Umuzi, Random House Struik this website designed and maintained by Guanaco.co.za