- "Bits of Debris" (1991)
- "The Commuter" (1995)
- "Dorkay House" (1998)
- "The Madonna of Excelsior" (2003)
- "A Human Being Died That Night" (2009)
Short Story Collections:
- "Pennywhistlers and Other Stories" (1989)
- "Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night" (1992)
- "The Disability: A Novella and Five Stories" (2005)
Poetry:
- "Dead Roots" (1978)
- "Handymen of Rain" (1981)
- "The Cry for the Ordinary" (1983)
- "Dark Waters" (1986)
- "The Hill We Climb" (1988)
Plays:
- "No Time to Die" (1981)
- "Bopha!" (1982)
- "The Trial" (1990)
- "The Children of Soweto" (1993)
- "Master Harold and the Boys" (1995)
Non-Fiction:
- "African Dream: Poems and Short Stories" (1994)
- "Robben Island: A Century of Struggle" (2000)
- "Prison Poems: The Collected Works of E S Madima" (2006)