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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 16, 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... In defence of coconuts by Bruce Cohen on April 15th, 2008 Years ago Jon Qwelane used to write a column in the Sunday Star called "Just Jon", and as the lowly features sub I had the weekly task of cleaning up his copy. It never needed any. Qwelane always crafted his columns with great precision and style. So... Life's peachy in Zim by Miriam Mannak on April 15th, 2008 Definition of "crisis", according to the Webster's dictionary: A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point / An unstable condition, as in political, social, or economic affairs, involving an impending abrupt or decisive change / An em... The Afro-realists by Reader Blog on April 15th, 2008 Submitted by Muhammad Karim I have been bombarded of late with a series of emails and conversations around Afro-optimism versus Afropessimism, with the ultimate aim being to answer this question: What exactly is going on with this country and wher... Be aggressive, BEE aggressive by Reader Blog on April 15th, 2008 Submitted by Marius Redelinghuys As a white male in South Africa, I usually encounter raised eyebrows on both extremes of the racial divide when I articulate my support for BEE and AA, with Afrikaner white people labelling me a traitor and sell-o... Understanding SA politics using a crystal ball by Reader Blog on April 15th, 2008 Submitted by John Bond (Complimentary crystal ball provided) I suggest we could adapt Scott Peck's model on religious and spiritual views as a way of understanding our political views. Use a model that explains religion and spirituality to u... Let's talk about the Jews by Jarred Cinman on April 15th, 2008 Despite their relatively small community in South Africa, and indeed their minority status in a lot of places around the world, the Jews have made a big mark. Hostile to outsiders, lavish in giving advantages to its own kind and filled with a persecu... Anybody who is Somebody is telling Everybody about Mugabe but Nobody knows what he is thinking by Sandile Memela on April 15th, 2008 It is almost impossible to know any Truth with a capital T about what President Robert Mugabe is thinking right now. Thus, every time Anybody who is Somebody talks or writes about what is happening in Zimbabwe, Everybody should uncerstand clearly ... Let the Forum of Black Journalists be by Ivo Vegter on April 15th, 2008 I haven't weighed in on the noise about the Forum of Black Journalists, whose racist admission policy was recently declared unconstitutional by the Human Rights Commission. Since the story broke days after my rant about white racists exploded int... The Will Ferrell Fan Club by Bridget McNulty on April 15th, 2008 I used to find Will Ferrell extremely irritating. All that posturing, those dumb voices, that enforced stupidity. But then I watched Stranger than Fiction, which immediately zoomed to one of my top three favourite movies of all time (and which... Fun toys or maybe the next big technology thing by Anja Merret on April 15th, 2008 Watching what my younger daughter gets up to in geekland is always interesting. She is one of the early adopters of digital technology. Thanks to her, I have been a Twitter member since January 2007, months after she had joined, of course, and had a ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za