Awards
- Olive Schreiner Prize (1991) for Missing Persons
- CNA Literary Award (1993) for The Folly
- Thomas Pringle Prize (1994) for two stories, Propaganda by Monuments and The WHITES ONLY Bench
- Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (1997): Honourable Mention for Propaganda by Monuments.
- Sunday Times Fiction Prize (2002) for The Restless Supermarket.
- Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction (2007) for Portrait with Keys: Joburg & What-What.
- Warwick Prize for Writing Portrait with Keys on the long list of that prize announced in November 2008.
University of Johannesburg Prize Double Negative, 2011
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