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EXTRACT: Gunship over Angola - 'I felt stripped bare of my self-belief'

2019-04-11 08:49

I realised that something was terribly wrong, and at the last possible moment hoofed the right rudder pedal as hard as I could to prevent the Alo's imminent impact with the wall.

Is an IMF bailout for SA imminent post May 8?

2019-04-09 12:45

Given that May 8 election is unlikely to change the South African social and economic reality, spelling out IMF involvement becomes a post-election imperative, writes Denis Worrall.

BOOK REVIEW: A simpler way to solve complex problems

2019-04-11 05:00

This book will help you effectively communicate complex problems and solve them, says Ian Mann.

BOOK REVIEW: The anatomy of capture and corruption in King Ace's world

2019-04-05 06:00

Gangster State is a meticulous examination of Ace Magashule's world in which Pieter-Louis Myburgh combines documentary evidence with first-person accounts of the former Free State premier's networks and confidantes.

BOOK EXTRACT: Gangster State – The ANC's asbestos benefits

2019-03-31 04:00

One of the most enduring allegations against Ace Magashule is that he ran a bona fide shakedown operation in the Free State. He knew exactly when most companies were due to receive money from his government, and he would very quickly collect his share.

'Suffering can be a mysterious kind of gift'- author of The Blackridge House

2019-03-27 14:22

Elizabeth Madeline Martin spends her days in a retirement home in Cape Town. Bedridden, her memory fading, she can recall her early childhood spent in a small wood-and-iron house in Blackridge on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg.

 
WAR:

WAR:  Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommel’s German Afrika Korps in North Africa, South Africa fought a see-saw war of defeats followed by successes. South Africans versus Rommel is the story of an army committed somewhat reluctantly to a war it didn't fully support, ill-prepared for the battles it was tasked with fighting. (Delta Books)

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How the apartheid regime burnt books in their tens of thousands

2018-10-25 19:00

The fact that books were burnt underscored the state’s desire to make sure the printed word was utterly destroyed. The practice also revealed a darker side of the library profession which connived in the book burning.

BOOK REVIEW: Why chasing productivity won't make you more productive - and what will

2019-04-05 06:00

Just as chasing happiness doesn't make you happy, neither does driving humans make you more productive, says Ian Mann.

SOE clean-up doomed to fail as opportunities for corruption are simply too great

2019-03-28 05:00

It is unimaginable that South Africa can continue to exist behind the fence of its own peculiar job-reservation laws when everywhere else in that global market such restrictions do not exist.

EXTRACT: The Blackridge House

2019-03-27 11:06

'They remind us of the day when we love one another. We say that to love one another... We say I love you like something that shoots me.'

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BOOK REVIEW: Why empathy is a far more powerful business tool than you think

2019-03-22 06:30

Empathy can help you assess whether the agenda for the situation matches what your employees can deliver at the time, says Ian Mann.

Tendai Biti books seized by 'fascist state' in Zimbabwe

2019-03-15 17:56

A consignment of books co-authored by Movement for Democratic Change MP Tendai Biti has allegedly been seized by the Central Intelligence Organisation in Zimbabwe.

EXTRACT: Rebels and Rage – Reflections on #FeesMustFall

2019-03-03 06:00

The symbolism of burning books at a university was lost on these protesters for free education, as it was on some of their defenders.

BOOK REVIEW: You can change your company culture - but not in the way you think

2019-03-07 18:30

Changing corporate culture requires a critical mind shift - and probably not in the areas you think, says Ian Mann.

BOOK REVIEW: Fear can crash anything from planes to banks - how fearful is your workplace?

2019-02-14 06:00

Fear causes poor decision-making, and it can be fatal in the workplace, says Ian Mann.

Books: Why the internet hasn't killed them off

2019-02-12 12:28

Yard sales, antiques fairs, book markets give a new lease of life to countless books which remained forgotten because they were a quick one-time read.

'People are too critical of South Africa' - Deon Maas

2019-03-17 08:41

Every day is a new adventure and every day he discovers something new, whether it's a new washing detergent, type of bread or interesting German habit.

BOOK REVIEW: How to work smarter, faster, and better

2019-03-14 06:15

To succeed today, people must decide for themselves how to spend their time and allocate their energy for best economic effect, says Ian Mann.

EXTRACT: Witboy in Berlin - Adventures in the First World

2019-02-26 10:40

There are people here who are not white but who are born-and-bred Europeans. My own skin may be white but there is one thing I know: I am, and remain, an African.

BOOK EXTRACT: The Rise and Demise of the Afrikaners

2019-02-17 10:34

Until the final years of the 1980s De Klerk supported the idea of retaining the pillars of apartheid. After his election as NP leader early in 1989, he singled out morality as his main motivation for ending apartheid and for seeking a settlement.

BOOK REVIEW: If you're working day and night and not making money, you're not charging enough

2019-02-21 06:30

Every micro, small, and even medium-size business person should ask themselves: Is this big enough? says Ian Mann.

BOOK REVIEW: You can't be seen until you learn to see

2019-02-09 08:00

Marketing has become synonymous with advertising, and it is the default many turn to as the solution to attracting more buyers, says Ian Mann.

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