History offers three critical qualities that distinguish good leaders from bad ones: self-sacrifice, unflinching commitment and a desire for justice. Can the ...

Investigative journalist Tim Schwab’s new book on the Microsoft founder exposes myths about billionaire philanthropy

The end of the world as we know it? No — but we need to change, writes data scientist Hannah Ritchie

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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 ...

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

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

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 ...