Anton Harber is Caxton Professor of Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and executive director of the Campaign for Free Expression. He was a founder and editor of the anti-apartheid newspaper, The Weekly Mail (now The Mail & Guardian). He is the author of Diepsloot (Jonathan Ball, 2011), The Gorilla in the Room (Mampoer Shorts, 2013) and So, for the Record: Behind the headlines in an era of state capture (Jonathan Ball, 2020).
Pringle Award for Press Freedom; Missourri Medal of Honour; Recht Malan Literary Prize (for Diesploot)