Kim Heller is a South African author, columnist, political analyst and social justice commentator. Her work focuses on race, inequality, power, democracy, decolonisation and economic justice in South Africa. She is the author of No White Lies: Black Politics and White Power in South Africa and White Privilege. Black Pain: The Power of Race in Democratic South Africa. Her writing examines structural inequality and challenges dominant narratives while advocating for transformation, dignity and African self determination.