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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 22, 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... Why do white people emigrate? by Khaya Dlanga on April 22nd, 2008 I think that there is a false perception among certain white people who believe that they are somehow under siege; that crime only affects them. Blacks are more heavily affected by violent crime. And so this begs the question: Why do white people emi... What makes a person great? by Charlene Smith on April 21st, 2008 Robert Mugabe won't leave office. Thabo Mbeki made a bid for a third term and will leave a country ravaged by inflation, high unemployment, ineptness at high levels in government and business, and erratic electricity supplies. The Economist last ... Going nowhere slowly by Dion Chang on April 21st, 2008 "So is the flight on time?" I ask. "Yes," she replies, lying through her teeth. "Are you sure there are no delays today?" "Not as far as I know," she smiles, maintaining her chirpy disposition. She hands me my boarding pas... African beauty is not in the hands of the beholder ... by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on April 21st, 2008 Submitted by Cynthia Ayeza There was a time that I believed that the idea behind the Nokia Face of Africa was brilliant as it inspired young girls to get into modelling careers. The show inevitably gave a limited variety of girls the opportuni... The FBJ's 'blacker than thou' racial reasoning is political suicide by Sandile Memela on April 21st, 2008 The most exciting feature of the SAHRC ruling against the Forum of Black Journalists is the loud echo of black voices that have welcomed the decision and denounced the latter's insistence on its right to exclude whites on the basis of skin colour. ... Our president has blood on his hands by Alex Matthews on April 21st, 2008 South Africa's continued inaction on Zimbabwe is a disgrace. Mbeki's "quiet diplomacy" is merely a euphemism for his cowardly indifference. He continues to turn a blind eye while the Mugabe regime systematically rages war on its people, avenging them... Brains think, skin doesn't by Miriam Mannak on April 20th, 2008 The race card: Frequently used among South Africans from all backgrounds to express their disapproval in an argument, debate or discussion with a person from another race. The race-card is usually flashed in case of significant or arbitrary differenc... Recolonisation of Africa? Choose South Africa first by Michael Trapido on April 20th, 2008 Kenya and Zimbabwe have refocused the minds of Africans, and those further afield, on how vulnerable the countries of this continent are to political opportunism. What tribal divisions in the north and a lack of willingness to intervene in the south ... Another take on human fulfilment and happiness by Bert Olivier on April 19th, 2008 There are, indeed, many ways of addressing the issue of human happiness, and even in the work of one particular thinker one encounters more than one set of concepts to do so. In my previous posting, I looked at Martin Heidegger's notion of the ... Sense and civility by Ivo Vegter on April 19th, 2008 "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it." That's one lesson to take from the Big Bad Bullard Barney. The quotation is attributed to Aristotle. He noted another mark of an educated mind: "to rest sat... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za