Author Interviews
The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg – Michael Beaumont
16th July 2020 In August 2016, well-known South African businessman Herman Mashaba became mayor of Johannesburg, heading a razor-thin DA-led coalition in the... →
Leading like a woman – Fundi Nzimande
15th July 2020 This book is the brainchild of Fundi Nzimande, a former Commissioner in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the Commission for Employment... →
Struggle, Exile & Love – Afzal Moolla
1st July 2020 It is a legacy of pain, of homes and of families split up and separated, that remains with us today, of apartheid’s continuing brutalisation of... →
I Know This to Be True – Albie Sachs
30th June 2020 The first in an ongoing series of interviews with inspiring individuals from around the world has been released in June 2020 (in South Africa),... →
Kitchen Queen – Lucia Mthiyane
26th June 2020 In Kitchen Queen, Lucia Mthiyane – influencer par excellence – takes her followers on a very unique culinary journey by elevating the everyday to... →
Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity And Agriculture – Wandile Sihlobo
21st May 2020 ‘My hope is that people can grow to appreciate this sector – its challenges and opportunities, but most importantly, the role agriculture can play... →
The Terrorist Album: Apartheid’s Insurgents, Collaborators, and the Security Police – Jacob Dlamini
14th May 2020 An award-winning historian and journalist tells the very human story of apartheid’s afterlife, tracing the fates of South African insurgents,... →
The Upside Of Down: How Chaos And Uncertainty Breed Opportunity In South Africa – Bruce Whitfield
12th May 2020 Next time you go to a conference or hire a consultant to be told, ‘We live in a VUCA [Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous] world,’ leave the... →
When Crisis Strikes: Ten Rules To Survive (And Avoid) A Reputation Disaster
6th May 2020 In the past few years, so many scandals have rocked corporate South Africa that crises seem to be the norm rather than the exception. In the glare... →
Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles – Melinda Ferguson
16th April 2020 The first Corona book to be released in South Africa, LOCKDOWN captures the mood of our times through a tapestry of South African voices,... →
Maverick Africans: The shaping of the Afrikaners – Hermann Giliomee
19th March 2020 South Africa’s top historian, Hermann Giliomee, investigates the manner in which, in South Africa, the Afrikaner group is unique and exceptional in... →
