In our national slough of despondency, we sometimes forget the heroes without whom South Africa would be even worse off than it is

Walter Isaacson’s biography of magnate and inventor Elon Musk is certainly worth a read, though you can’t help but feel he could have done so much more with ...

The use of consultants in public sector institutions is not without its place — but in their current form, consultancies can be both self-serving and ...

Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African tells the story of the behemoth on the continent, as catalyst both for capitalism and for change

Coca-Cola as the epitome of elite capitalism: probing an Africanist historian’s view

A new book by historian Simon Schama explains the heroic history of vaccines — and why so many people loathe their development

The current affairs commentator and author discusses science, technology and material gains from space, and space as a geopolitical battleground

The author shares his thoughts on hybridity, human nature and why historians don’t give good advice

Twenty-three ‘acts’, 1,300 pages, 5,000 years — Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The World is an intricate, painstakingly detailed and fascinating ride through the ...

When the TRC called on the mining industry to account for its role in apartheid, Anglo American  — as exemplar of the sector — was in the firing line

The premise of William MacAskill’s book is simple: what we do now will have enormous consequences for multitudes

We pick five notable new reads to entertain, edify and surprise you during your break from the office

The cracks in the governing party’s approach to the transition in 1994 are partly behind the economic crisis we sit with today, writes Pieter du Toit in his ...

NoViolet Bulawayo’s latest book, ‘Glory’, portrays Zimbabwe’s post-liberation tragedy in a satire inspired by George Orwell