MOTORVATION
By David Furlonger
Why 25? Why not 50? Or 100? Or... The trouble with personal compilations is that they are just that: personal. Anyone who loves cars will have favourites. With only 25 to choose from, odds are you will disagree fundamentally with th...

MIND YOUR BUSINESS
By Richard Steyn
The latest in The Economist's series of useful business books provides a comprehensive yet concise overview of the most influential management concepts and significant business thinkers of the past century. The first half of ...

RANDALL ABRAHAMS' PICKS

ZAMAJOBE: Ndoni Yamanzi (Sony) It's easy to say we're dealing with someone who has maturity and insight beyond her years, but in this case it's stating the obvious. Her debut set, Ndawo Yami, was an infectious blend of neo...

DESIGNED TO THRILL

As computer processing power improves, so video game developers follow, pushing silicon to its limits, and producing amazing on-screen audiovisual effects designed to thrill gamers. The 2008 holiday season is shaping up to be one of th...

IN A DARK WOOD
By Peter Wilhelm
The German writer Theodor Adorno is generally remembered as saying that "poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric". He later repudiated the idea that the response to the Holocaust should be silence - yet his dictum that "the fully enlightene...

HOW TO COPE
By JUSTICE MALALA
There are way too many problems in SA today. I think I should go into the agony aunt business. Here are some problems I could solve: Dear Dolly I am the leader of SA's biggest opposition. Now a few upstarts have rush...