Dangor is also an active development professional and has headed up various non-governmental organisations in South Africa, including the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.
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His most important works include the novels Kafka's Curse (1997) and Bitter Fruit (2001), but he is also the author of three collections of poetry, a novella and a short-story collection.
Bitter Fruit is a novel by Achmat Dangor first published in 2001 by Kwela Books of Cape Town.