Professor | University of the Western Cape

Director | Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

Editor | Die Suid-Afrikaan

Parliamentary Editor | South African Broadcasting Corporation

Poetry- 'Verweerskrif'
2006

Poetry- 'Jerusalemgangers'
1985

Poetry- 'Otter in Bronslaai'
1981

Poetry- 'Beminde Antarktika'
1974

Poetry- 'Mannin'
1974

Poetry- 'Januarie Suite'
1972

Poetry- 'Dogter van Jefta'
1970

Book- 'Relaas van 'n Moord'
1995

Book- 'Begging to be Black'
2010

Book- 'A Change of Tongue'
2003

Book- 'Country of My Skull'
1998

University of Pretoria

Completed 1976

Master of Arts

University of the Free State

Completed 1973

Bachelor of Arts

University of South Africa

Teacher's Diploma

University of Stellenbosch

Honorary Doctorate

University Of The Free State

Honorary Doctorate

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Honorary Doctorate

University of East London UK

Honorary Doctorate

Protea Prize for best poetry volume in Afrikaans for 2006 | Protea Publishing House

Winner for A Change of Tongue | Bookseller's Choice Awards

Rand Afrikaans University prize for best Afrikaans poetry volume for the year | Rand Afrikaans University

FNB Award for best poetry volume for the year | FNB

Olive Schreiner 2000 award for prose | Olive Schreiner

Award from the Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture | Hiroshima Foundation

Honorary Mention for the Noma Award for books from Africa

Booksellers Award for the book they liked to sell most | Booksellers Award

Allan Paton award for best South African non-fiction work | Allan Paton

Foreign Correspondent award for outstanding journalism

Pringle Award for excellence in journalism for reporting on the Truth Commission | Pringle Award

Hertzog prize for the best poetry volume over three years

Rapport prize for best literary work in a particular year | Rapport

Most promising young writer | Dutch/Flemish Reina Prinsen-Geerling prize

Eugene Marais prize for the most promising young writer | Eugene Marais prize