Book Reviews

A gripping vigilante thriller - inspired by a series of graphic novels - featuring a powerful hero on the trail of a villain whose deadly plot could overturn the world order.

An essential business guide on how to develop an organisation’s innovation culture and internal entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), with an emphasis on African innovation cases. The Intrapreneur’s Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth is a must-read for any entrepreneur, innovator, manager or senior executive who wants to successfully compete in today’s fast-changing world.

The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller and New York Times bestseller comes from the author of The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever. It offers lessons on harnessing the power of money to live a happier life. At several points, the book also reflects on how giving employees a stake can shift mindsets around wealth, purpose and fulfilment.

The world is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, more fragmented and further away from the more equal and equitable iteration imagined in 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were conceptualised. As we hurtle at seemingly lightning speed towards the 2030 deadline to achieve these goals, the urgency is palpable.

Now in its second revised edition, Labour Law in Practice has sold over 10,000 copies and has helped numerous South African managers and business owners navigate their way safely through what sometimes seems to be an impenetrable maze of labour law and practice.

So much has been written on xenophobia in South Africa, and yet so few have listened with care and precision to the voices of the ordinary people at the coalface. This book unsettles so many old assumptions, like who is host and who visitor, who belongs and what indeed it might mean to belong at all. It does this simply by creating a space in which people bare witness to their lives.

Extremisms in Africa challenges both the efficacy and wisdom of purely militarised responses to extremist movements, typified by the Global War on Terror, as well as the cursory replication of international counter-terrorism frameworks promulgated by the United Nations and European Union in Africa.

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down and amidst the uncertainty, many of us look ahead and feel a little panicky: What’s going to happen to our savings and to the retirement we were looking forward to?

Yes, you better believe it! You can own your own home… and this book will show you how. Owning a home is not reserved for a select few, and although everyone wants to own their own property, too many are unaware that this possibility exists for everyone.

Eating well should be one of life’s pleasures but, for many people, this is not the case. Struggles with weight, nutrition-related health issues and low self-esteem can result in food being condemned as an ‘enemy’, to be conquered at all cost.