Umuzi

Contact Umuzi, an imprint of Random House Struik

Cape Town Head Office

• Tel: +27 (0)21 462 4360
• Fax: +27 (0)21 462 4377
• Customer service enquiries: umuzi@randomhouse.co.za
• Manuscript submission guidelines: click here
• Further Umuzi contact information: click here
• Address: 80 McKenzie Street
  Gardens
  Cape Town, 8001

  PO Box 1144
  Cape Town, 8000
  South Africa

The Umuzi story

Umuzi, the name chosen for Random House Struik’s newest imprint, combines powerful connotations – in several of South Africa’s indigenous languages – of ‘home’ and ‘hearth’, while it happily resonates too with ‘muse’, ‘music’ and, of course, with the existing ‘house’ element of Random House. It thus perfectly expresses the scope and ambitions of the new list, which will seek, among other things, to establish itself as the home of choice for both new and established literary voices from South Africa, in both fiction and non-fiction.

Umuzi opened its doors on 1 July 2005, with Annari van der Merwe, Publishing Director, in charge. Umuzi’s first seven titles were published in March 2006.

Umuzi is an imprint of Random House Struik.