Book Reviews

In this book, leading academic professional and postgraduate coach since 2018, Caroline Dale, will guide you with a tried and tested roadmap to complete your thesis. The six step Dale-method will equip you with practical tools to gain and maintain momentum to successfully complete your Masters or PhD thesis.

The Upside of Being Myself and Other Leadership Stories is a unique opportunity to catch a breath, step back, and take a long, hard, reflective look at who you are as a leader and where your odyssey will take you. 

What was supposed to be a short business trip to Equatorial Guinea turned into a journey to the depths of hell. Black Beach, located on Bioko island off the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the world’s most feared prisons, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions.

These are difficult times. The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to us that we cannot rely on tomorrow to be like today; there is no such thing as ‘business as usual’. The social and economic upheaval has been devastating, and its effects long-lasting, making these times even more uncertain. The antidote to this uncertainty is clarity.

Leadership seems deceptively simple to explain, yet in its essence, it is multifaceted and complex. This practical handbook for leaders is structured around a series of key themes and thought-provoking reflective questions.

Transcend: Navigating Life and ambition in your career is that map, we all wished we had when we started off in our careers. It details realistic situations we have all come across in our lives and careers and offers insights on how to navigate them.

In his annual presidential address on 8 January 1986, African National Congress (ANC) president Oliver Tambo called on South Africans to make apartheid ungovernable through militant action.

Few athletes hold a record comparable to that of Oscar Chalupsky and he made history at the age of fifteen as the first person to win both the Junior and Senior Ironman titles on the same day at the South African National Lifesaving Championships, he was the country’s spokesman at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

The stock market is the golden goose that the rich rely on to stay rich. That’s why so many people believe that the stock market is an exclusive club, or that only professionals understand it well enough to succeed. But those days are long gone, and investing is more accessible than ever, as The Wise Investor proves.

As jobs disappear, wages flat-line and inequality grows, this timely book presents a compelling analysis of the need, conditions and possibilities for a universal basic income (UBI) in South Africa and beyond. Highly topical and distinctive in its approach, In the Balance: The Case for a Universal Basic Income in South Africa and Beyond offers a robust and critical examination of a universal basic income.