He is also a contributing author to the Review of African Political Economy[1] and is an editor of the Journal of Southern African Studies [1] Szeftel was educated at the universities of Cape Town (BA), Zambia (MA) and Manchester (PhD).
[2] Szeftel taught the postgraduate modules on 'Africa in the Contemporary World' and 'Political Economy of Resources and Development' until 2005 and on 'Business, State and World Economy' and 'The Modern Corporation and the State' at Leeds University's school of politics and international studies (POLIS).
[3] Szeftel was married to the feminist academic and development scholar Carolyn Baylies from 1977 until her death from cancer in 2003.
Together with Baylies, Szeftel authored the book The Dynamics of the One-Party State in Zambia, which was published in 1984 by Manchester University Press.
He also co-authored the book Voting for Democracy: Watershed Elections in Anglophone Africa [Ashgate, 1999].