Monique Verduyn

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Monique Verduyn

Expansive by John Sanei and Erik Kruger is a practical guide for professionals who want to think more clearly and lead more effectively. it’s a bit of a mash-up of popular self-development themes, but the structure and delivery give it an edge over more bloated business books. Sanei is a futurist who focuses on strategy and long-term thinking, while Kruger is a business coach who works closely with executives and teams. Together, they’ve hosted The Expansive podcast for several years.

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Monique Verduyn

Ready or not, Gen Z is clocking in If they don’t see a clear development path, Zoomers are unlikely to stay in a job for long 15 June 2025 - 00:00 By Monique Verduyn Never has a generation been studied, dissected, and over-analysed quite like Generation Z. Every habit, every preference, every small shift from Millennial behaviour becomes the subject of another think piece. Are they killing industries or rescuing them? Financially doomed or just playing by different rules?

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Monique Verduyn

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft, his first novel since winning the Nobel prize for literature in 2021, is set in late 20th and early 21st century Tanzania, a period marked by political and economic shifts as the country transitioned from socialism to a market-driven economy. Foreign aid funded infrastructure, healthcare and education, but also reinforced dependency on external donors.

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Monique Verduyn

Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen  Fever Beach, Carl Hiaasen’s latest satirical novel, is a blistering send-up of modern extremism, corruption and delusion in a deeply dysfunctional Florida. Set in the fictional town of Tangelo Shores, the story revolves around Dale Figgo, a white nationalist so inept he’s kicked out of the Proud Boys for smearing dog faeces on the wrong statue. Figgo now leads a hapless hate group called the Strokerz for Liberty, whose antics range from absurd to dangerous. ..

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Monique Verduyn

In April 1856, 15-year-old Nongqawuse stood before leaders of the Xhosa kingdom and delivered a message from the ancestors: the dead would rise from the earth, the colonisers would be swept into the sea, and the Xhosa would be restored to power. But first, they had to kill all their cattle and stop planting crops. What followed was one of the greatest catastrophes in Southern African history.