Berold worked as a teacher and activist for various NGOs throughout the 1970s and 1980s, which included a teaching position at the Morris Isaacson High School at the time of the Soweto uprising in 1976 [1].
He is the author of four books of poetry – The Door to the River (Bateleur Press, 1984), The Fires of the Dead (Carrefour, 1989), Rain Across a Paper Field (Gecko Poetry, 1999) and All the Days (Deep South, 2008) – and his work has appeared in several South African anthologies.
Berold taught English at Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China, from 2005 to 2006.
His memoir of his experiences, Meanwhile Don't Push and Squeeze, was published in 2007 (Jacana Media).
Berold currently makes his living as a writer and editor, and is the coordinator of the MA in creative writing at Rhodes University.