Launched at a high profile panel discussion at the University of South Africa's School of Business Leadership (SBL), Making It Happen - World Bank Group's publication - is a well-organised narrative on the making of the post-apartheid state, focusing on institution building for democratic governance. Lurking in this is transformational leadership as a strategic imperative for institutional reforms. In other words, the publication is about institutional reforms as much as it is about leadership and transformation. However, the latter is not explicit in the title. The content of the publication is disaggregated into twelve chapters. Its thematic essence is self-explanatory in the subtitle, Selected Case Studies of Institutional Reforms in South Africa. Adorned with the South African flag, the dust cover of the publication is eye-catching. A salient traction for a curious reader is the blurb, Directions in Development - Public S