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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought May 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... A loaf of bread, a choir and the TRC by Anthea Buys on May 2nd, 2008 Phillip Miller's production Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony was described in last week's Mail & Guardian "Friday" section as "a total work of art". Now, I'm not entirely sure what this means –- is it the sort of su... Wanted: $136 million to grow African media by Guy Berger on May 1st, 2008 Media movers meeting in Maputo: Amadou Ba (All Africa.com), Prof Fackson Banda (Rhodes University), and Eric Chinje (World Bank). Three years of work came to part fruition in Maputo this week, when some 50 media enthusiasts concretised research ... Beware the alchemists by Ivo Vegter on May 1st, 2008 Last night, I found a neatly printed-out and stapled copy of Beware the Alchemists, by Ludwig von Mises. Detritus of good intentions some time past. Transcribed by Bettina Bien Greaves from notes taken during a lecture tour in the 1960, the style ... Barack Obama and the race for the White House by Michael Trapido on May 1st, 2008 Over the past few months I've twice been asked to appear as a pundit on the BBC World Service's "Have your say" programme dealing with Barack Obama's bid to become the Democratic Party's nomination for the White House. In both cases the question of r... Black whingeing and the FBJ by Grant Walliser on April 30th, 2008 The Forum of Black Journalists (FBJ) malarkey has recently provided a counter to so--called "white whingeing". That counter is the emergence and increasing prevalence of "black whinging" and the volume is creeping ever steadily upwards. How r... Understanding the kabuki of Mbeki's diplomacy by Simon Barber on April 30th, 2008 How, exactly, is the UN Security Council going to contribute to the resolution of the crisis in Zimbabwe? What would a special envoy say to Mugabe and his securocrats that would have any more impact than the messages already being sent -- in no smal... Beware of the thought police! by Sandile Memela on April 30th, 2008 Someone needs to tell the self-appointed 'thought police' to stop their fascist behaviour. Nobody has the authority to dictate to other people what to think or how to behave because of similarity of skin colour. In fact, it would be a good... How to make lottery world history (and get free beers) by Tony Jackman on April 30th, 2008 I just love lotteries. What I especially love about them is that you don't even have to enter them any more. You just win them! I won four only this morning. I won lotteries in Spain (again!), France (my third), Egypt and Norway. Even if I had won ... The voice of the voter remains marginalised by Patricia de Lille on April 30th, 2008 As we near the 2009 National Elections, South Africa once again finds itself in a position where the voice of the voter is marginalised because of the lack of regulations on political party funding. The impact of this on our democracy cannot and must... Zimbabwean dystopia : Why, South Africa? Why? by Michael Trapido on April 30th, 2008 As reports start filtering through on the United Nations Security Council meeting which dealt with the election impasse in Zimbabwe, the Times of London confirms: "South Africa led efforts to block the dispatch of a UN envoy to Zimbabwe yesterday, as... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za