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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 17, 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... Go, Zuma, go! by Miriam Mannak on April 16th, 2008 Before virtual tomatoes are flying through cyberspace and into my direction, I am not the least a JZ fan. The way he thinks about the relationships between men and women, his (in my opinion) strange ideas about HIV and showers, and the alleged corrup... Who will build Uhuru Highway? by Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen on April 16th, 2008 The in-flight magazine on Kenyan Airways had the usual-usual. The spine of the magazine surprised: a Swahili proverb had been written on it. I cannot remember the exact wording, but it read something like: When two bulls fight, the people suffer. ... Why I won't talk to my wife in the morning by Bruce Cohen on April 16th, 2008 My wife and I no longer talk to each other in the morning. We're just too busy wandering around the house with our mouths full of oil. We're members, you see, of that little-known global community, the Society of Oil Pullers. Laugh away, but o... A taste of Borneo by Nicole Johnston on April 16th, 2008 It's my fourth day in Borneo and I've eaten such an odd assortment of things in such a weird range of flavours that my taste buds are thoroughly bewildered. A couple of days in the jungle regions near Sandakan have exposed them to tastes such a... Mondli Makhanya suffers from Mbeki-ism -- firing Bullard is a sign of that! by Lazola Ndamase on April 16th, 2008 Mondli Makhanya's paper has been among the chief opponents of Mbeki-ism, which is a tendency to fire those with whom you disagree. However, Mbeki-ism seems to have taken over the Sunday Times. Mondli beware! What Mondli did last Thursday was no... Zille, Zillier, Zilliest by Pierre de Vos on April 16th, 2008 Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille has been very successful at cultivating the image of a no-nonsense, straight-shooting politician who sticks to her principles -- no matter what. Her party has over the years also (rightly) lambasted the ANC... Afrikaner aspirations: An hour with AfriForum's Kallie Kriel by Michael Trapido on April 16th, 2008 Many South Africans believe that leaving the country or sticking it out under a cloud of despair are the only options available to us. Fortunately there are those who believe that we can achieve far better, through peaceful means, operating within th... The gullible journalist: Dirty words from the horse's mouth by Anthea Buys on April 16th, 2008 I've been had! I have written reviews in the not-so-distant past in which I'm sure I must have led the artists on -- made them believe I really liked their work, got them to send me pictures, catalogues and fabulous sound bites, and then condemne... This is how you Write a Novel by Bridget McNulty on April 16th, 2008 And by you I mean "I", of course. 1. You carry around a notebook and scribble down anything interesting/funny/strange that people say, as well as weird signs, strange sights and anything else pilferable from real life. 2. You type them up in a ... Student media: SA's ugly duckling by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on April 16th, 2008 Submitted by Lionel Faull On National Press Freedom Day last October, Daily Dispatch deputy editor Andrew Trench gave a lecture at Rhodes University in which he mentioned the "juniorisation" of South African newsrooms. As deputy editors go... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za