WORLDVIEW: Celebrate Sandile Hlatshwayo – and bury Apartheid propaganda forever

Our Biznews colleague Rowan Polovin is wise beyond his years. My theory is it's a result of his being blessed with a deep curiosity that drives his obsessive search for knowledge. He specialises in technology. But is an equally dab hand at recommending great books.

At Rowan's instigation I'm devouring a masterpiece by Jordan Ellenberg called "How Not To Be Wrong – The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life." It's like Freakonomics for the mathematically impaired, and has opened up long-dead neural paths murdered by double periods in sweaty schoolrooms.

Ellenberg, a Slate columnist and Maths Prof at the University of Wisconsin, draws on history's great thinkers and papers by peers in academia to illustrate his various points. Among those referenced at some length is Sandile Hlatshwayo, co-author of a celebrated paper analysing US job growth.

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