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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 2, 2008, 11:15 am Get 15% discount on books All Thought Leader newsletter subscribers receive a 15% discount on books ordered from the Exclusive Books website. Simply go to the order form and use the Thought Leader promo code MGT1. Buy Books... Mismanaged transformation is a bigot's best friend by Reader Blog on April 2nd, 2008 Submitted by Rob Rutherford As the thin blue line swept across the map and brought drizzle and ice to Gauteng recently, I imagined scenes across the country. Somewhere, a spinster found herself shivering over her knitting and resorted to hot marma... The blogging Oscars by Bridget McNulty on April 2nd, 2008 To be honest, when I first heard that the SA Blog Awards had a ceremony, I wanted to go mainly to see what bloggers look like. I blog, yes, but I don't think I'm a Blogger (with a capital B). I don't know about widgets and page views, and I don't... Obama, Clinton or McCain face a great depression but who's talking about poverty? by Michael Trapido on April 1st, 2008 The Independent newspaper (UK) headlined on Tuesday with "The great depression" in reference to what it claims is 28-million Americans' reliance on food stamps to survive. This, it goes on to say, arises from the era of the credit crunch, which it su... 'Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran' by Chris Rodrigues on April 1st, 2008 Events recently have made John McCain's boneheaded interpretation of the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann seem far less inconsequential than he claimed it was, this time last year, while campaigning in South Carolina. His belligerence was, you may recall, p... The minister and the plane queue by Reader Blog on April 1st, 2008 Submitted by Craig Irving Early one recent morning I was milling around the back of a plane queue in Cape Town -- the queue stretched from the boarding steps and along the tarmac. The morning threw me some telling nuggets of social commentary. ... The tricycle phenomenon by Ndumiso Ngcobo on April 1st, 2008 I have a friend who is a Catholic priest. He's a sanctimonious, arrogant prick of colossal proportions, but there's no need to worry about my soul: I'll say ten Hail Mary's and all will be sorted. About twelve years ago, while under the grip o... In pursuit of happiness by Israel Rafalovich on April 1st, 2008 Have you ever reached a crossroad in your life and wondered what would make you happy? All too often, what we thought would make us happy hasn't, so we have found ourselves on a never-ending quest to grab that carrot that bobs along just beyond ou... Of fire-walking festivals by Bridget McNulty on April 1st, 2008 I went to the fire-walking festival at the Second River/Umbilo Temple in Cato Manor on Sunday. Wow. What an amazing ceremony. A large (very large, I'd say about 5m long) pit is filled with burning coals, with a basin of diluted milk at the end and... Zuma to table cryonics proposal to get tougher on crime by Michael Trapido on April 1st, 2008 In line with his repeated calls for South Africa to get tougher on crime, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma has confirmed that he will be putting forward proposals for the introduction of cryonics at the next party conference. Msholozi b... Social-media marketing needs a new name by Gino Cosme on March 31st, 2008 Many people involved in the South African (and global) social media industry will agree that, if anything, these past few years have taught us a lot about web-based content and copywriting, online communities and networks, and marketing and communica... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za