| After the TRC: Reflections on truth and reconciliation in South Africa WG James, LV Vijver (No Title), 2001 | 221 | 2001 |
| Our precious metal: African labour in South Africa's gold industry, 1970-1990 WG James New Africa Books, 1992 | 151 | 1992 |
| Crossing boundaries: Mine migrancy in a democratic South Africa J Crush, W James, M Levy, J Levy, G Jennings IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1995 | 124 | 1995 |
| Education and democracy in South Africa today K Asmal, W James Daedalus 130 (1), 185-204, 2001 | 107 | 2001 |
| Now that we are free: Coloured communities in a democratic South Africa W James, D Caliguire, K Cullinan Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996 | 90 | 1996 |
| The new South Africa: renewing civil society W James, D Caliguire Journal of Democracy 7 (1), 56-66, 1996 | 79 | 1996 |
| Prioritizing the needs of children in a changing climate LR Stanberry, MC Thomson, W James PLoS medicine 15 (7), e1002627, 2018 | 69 | 2018 |
| The value proposition of the global health security index SJ Ravi, KL Warmbrod, L Mullen, D Meyer, E Cameron, J Bell, P Bapat, ... BMJ global health 5 (10), e003648, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
| Depopulating the compounds: Migrant labor and mine housing in South Africa J Crush, W James World Development 19 (4), 301-316, 1991 | 64 | 1991 |
| The angry divide: Social and economic history of the Western Cape WG James, M Simons New Africa Books, 1989 | 62 | 1989 |
| What holds us together: social cohesion in South Africa D Chidester, P Dexter, WG James HSRC Press, 2003 | 61 | 2003 |
| The second republic: Race, inequality and democracy in South Africa W James, J Lever Beyond racism: race and inequality in Brazil, South Africa and the United …, 2001 | 36 | 2001 |
| The election in the Western Cape R Mattes, H Giliomee, W James Launching democracy in South africa: The First Open election, april 1994 …, 1996 | 34 | 1996 |
| The state of apartheid WG James Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1987 | 29 | 1987 |
| Nelson Mandela: From freedom to the future: Tribute and speeches K Asmal, D Chidester, W James Jonathan Ball, 2003 | 26 | 2003 |
| Grape: Stories of the Vineyards in South Africa:[from Slavery to BEE 1652-2011] J Viall, WG James, J Gerwel Tafelberg, 2011 | 25 | 2011 |
| Nelson Mandela in His Own Words: From Freedom to the Future: Tributes and Speeches K Asmal, D Chidester, J Wilmot Little, Brown, 2003 | 23 | 2003 |
| Spirit of the nation K Asmal, W James Reflections on South Africa’s educational ethos. Cape Town: HSRC, 2002 | 21 | 2002 |
| Manifesto on values, education and democracy W James Retrieved on January 31, 2010, 2001 | 21 | 2001 |
| From independence to identification J Seekings Now That We are Free: Coloured Communities in a Democratic South Africa …, 1996 | 20 | 1996 |
