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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 21, 2008, 1:09 pm 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... 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... Cosatu and AfriForum show the way: SA will not be the next Zimbabwe by Michael Trapido on April 19th, 2008 If South Africa is to avoid becoming the next Zimbabwe, then a material role needs to be played by the powerful trade unions that are, even now, showing us the way forward. Not for them the meek and mild acceptance of Eskom's rate hikes, food pri... Politics: Only for the brave by Miriam Mannak on April 19th, 2008 Politics is not for sissies. Well, if you are from certain countries that is. From Burundi for instance, or neighbouring Rwanda. Or Eritrea, Sri Lanka, and Colombia. Or Burma, Ecuador and Zimbabwe. These and other nations can't exactly be cla... 50 First Elections by Terri Barnes on April 19th, 2008 It's a terrible movie, but then it's a terrible world. The one where Drew Barrymore has a head injury -- she's cute and sweet and she's stuck in the same day over and over again. She doesn't remember anything that happened the day before, so she wake... BEE's 'married bachelors' and a moral centre that cannot hold by Sandile Memela on April 18th, 2008 Since the advent of black economic empowerment -- an outward expression of the worship of money -- the moral centre of the previously disadvantaged community does not hold. As a result, many families are falling apart. The new trend, it seems, ... How children's rights are violated on Facebook by Arthur Goldstuck on April 18th, 2008 When a 14-year-old Johannesburg schoolgirl's Facebook account was "broken into" and abusive messages and material sent to friends and family, she was deeply traumatised. But at least, she imagined, Facebook would assist in tracking down the perpetrat... Bullard? Qwelane? I'd hire them like a shot by Michael Trapido on April 18th, 2008 When I read David Bullard's offending article, which was a disgrace, I pulled no punches -- I said that when he had time to reflect he would realise that this was not his finest hour. Now having watched him on the Noeleen show and read his apology, m... Thabo really needs a smoothie by Bruce Cohen on April 18th, 2008 I am worried our president is just not getting a proper breakfast. How else can you explain his, well, erratic behaviour these days? There may not be a crisis in Zimbabwe, but I think there is definitely one in the Tuynhuis kitchen. What on earth are... Zimbabwe: Looking beyond the horizon by Chris Maroleng on April 18th, 2008 Zimbabwe's harmonised election, which saw presidential, senatorial, parliamentary and local government elections being held simultaneously, took place peacefully on March 29 2008. This watershed plebiscite was anticipated to be a poll that would radi... A pleasure to visit this library by Alison Tilley on April 18th, 2008 So, you are all feeling a little glum, it seems. Between the Zimbabwe elections turning into a farce, our president denying that he said there wasn't a crisis, the Scorpions being sent packing with their collective tails between their legs, food an... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za