| African intellectuals in 19th and early 20th century South Africa M Ndletyana HSRC Press, 2008 | 70 | 2008 |
| Changing place names in post-apartheid South Africa: Accounting for the unevenness M Ndletyana Social Dynamics 38 (1), 87-103, 2012 | 69 | 2012 |
| Affirmative action in the public service M Ndletyana HSRC Press, 2008 | 39 | 2008 |
| Social divisions carved in stone or cenotaphs to a new identity? Policy for memorials, monuments and statues in a democratic South Africa M Ndletyana, DA Webb International Journal of Heritage Studies 23 (2), 97-110, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Patronage Politics Divides Us: A study of poverty, patronage and inequality in South Africa M Ndletyana, PO Makhalemele, R Mathekga Real African Publishers, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
| Municipal elections 2006: protests, independent candidates and cross-border municipalities M Ndletyana w. hsrcpress. ac. za, 95, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
| Anatomy of the ANC in Power: insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990-2019 M Ndletyana HSRC Press, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Policy incoherence: A function of ideological contestations? M Ndletyana HSRC Press, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| Reviewing municipal capacity in the context of local government reform: 1994-2009 M Ndletyana, J Muzondidya HSRC Press, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
| South African governance in review: Anti-corruption, local government, traditional leadership P Jackson, J Muzondidya, V Naidoo, M Ndletyana, MP Sithole Hsrc Press, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| John Tengo Jabavu M Ndletyana HSRC Press, 2008 | 16 | 2008 |
| African national Congress: From an emancipatory to a rent-seeking instrument M Ndletyana Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 87 (1), 95-116, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| Political management of ethnic perceptions: An assessment of the African National Congress M Ndletyana African Journal on Conflict Resolution 7 (2), 135-160, 2007 | 13 | 2007 |
| The united Democratic Movement: a critical assessment M Ndletyana Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies 26 (2), 179-188, 1999 | 11 | 1999 |
| Congress of the people: a promise betrayed M Ndletyana Journal of African Elections 9 (2), 32-55, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
| Essays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State: Legacies, Reforms and Prospects M Ndletyana Real African Publishers, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| Institutionalising Democracy: The Story of the Electoral Commission of South Africa: 1993-2014 M Ndletyana Africa Institute of South Africa, 2015 | 7 | 2015 |
| The African National Congress's unprecedented victory in KwaZulu-Natal: spoils of a resurgent Zulu ethno-nationalism M Ndletyana, BB Maaba Journal of African Elections 9 (2), 123-141, 2010 | 7 | 2010 |
| How black is black enough?: seeking norms for blackness and identity M Ndletyana | 7 | 2006 |
| Tiyo Soga M Ndletyana HSRC Press, 2008 | 6 | 2008 |
