Leon Louw: A Legacy of Solutions

R360.00

Join us for the launches! 

  • Johannesburg in-person book launch Tim and Leon in coversation with Dawie Roodt at Exclusive Books Sandton: Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 18h30 – RSVP here
  • Cape Town in-person book launch with Tim and Leon at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront: Thursday 29 January 2026 at 18h30 – RSVP here
  • Nelson Mandela Bay in-person book launch with Tim and Leon in conversation with Denise van Huyssteen at Exclusive Books Walmer Park: Tuesday 2 February 2026 at 18h30 – RSVP here

Author: Tim Cohen

In this deeply researched and elegantly told account, Tim Cohen – one of South Africa’s most respected and incisive financial journalists – draws on hours of conversations with Louw to capture the man behind the ideas. The result is a rare and revealing portrait of the extraordinary life, philosophy, and influence of a maverick libertarian who championed liberty, enterprise, and accountability when it mattered most.

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Description

Four decades ago, The Solution, a best-seller co-authored by Leon Louw, helped shape South Africa’s political settlement and left an indelible imprint on its Constitution. Today, the country finds itself at an economic impasse once more – and Louw’s ideas feel more urgent than ever.

From his early battles against apartheid-era property laws to his international advocacy for economic freedom, this book explores what worked, what didn’t, and what still might. With clarity and courage, Cohen distills Louw’s enduring belief: that prosperity and justice flow from empowering people, not politicians.

For policymakers, political thinkers, and all who care about South Africa’s future, this is more than a biography – it’s an invitation to think differently. Perhaps, even, to wake the continent’s economic lion from its long slumber.