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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought May 21, 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... Kill the Shangaan: the limits of national embarrassment by Sarah Britten on May 21st, 2008 "Kill the Shangaan! Kill the Shangaan!" the mobs in Ramaphosa informal settlement near Reiger Park chanted as they marched through the streets in search of more victims. Reading it sent a disconcerting prickling sensation down my spine. I searche... Civil war? Call out the army? Pass the spliff by Michael Trapido on May 20th, 2008 Why is it that at the first sign of things getting hairy, the calls go out to send in the army? Does anyone actually think about the signal they're sending to our fellow South Africans by deploying troops against these communities? The current xen... Power lodged in narrow hearts: the Zuma phenomenon by Steven Lamini on May 20th, 2008 There is a strange, paradoxical blending of disillusionment and hope in the minds of millions of Zimbabweans. Like that mediocrity strutting about in the White House, Mugabe is hell bent in stealing an election he never won. Let there be no doubt, Ts... The abused becomes the abuser by Catherine Parker on May 20th, 2008 Immigration is as old as human society itself. It's in our nature to move forward, whether to seek out better opportunities or to leave behind persecution. After all South Africa has been through, particularly over the last 60 years, one would thin... Xenophobia: coveting another's possessions by Sandile Memela on May 20th, 2008 The deep rumbles of discontent have, sadly, exploded into an orgy of violence, death and destruction that threatens the center that holds South African society together. It is, of course, a very complex issue but it can be simplified, if you like.... Refugees have rights too! by Miriam Mannak on May 20th, 2008 The picture on today's Cape Times is stuck in my mind. This terrified injured little girl haunts me, even after I have put the paper away. She might not be able to tell us what she saw, as she is probably too young to do so, but her eyes say more t... Everybody's kung fu fighting by Mandy de Waal on May 20th, 2008 The Chinese are here, and everybody I speak to about this is a little freaked out. They eat dogs. They've bought a majority stake in Standard Bank. They own Zimbabwe. They're big in Namibia. Don't you remember Tiananmen Square? Look at what they'... This is us. Welcome to South Africa by Christi van der Westhuizen on May 20th, 2008 This is us. No miracle nation. No rainbow nation. Just us: violent; intolerant of difference -- hitting where it hurts. Let's not try to sweet-talk ourselves. This is who we are. Let's look ourselves in the eye. We are lurching from crisis to ... Violence is not a game by The Sumo on May 20th, 2008 There has been an exponential increase in the rate of reported cases of violence in our schools of late and this time the focus is not on the violence brought about by drug dealing gangsters terrorizing our young ones with a promise of something rath... The minister and the law by Joe Makhafola on May 19th, 2008 Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law; but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to *confute him, so said John Selden (1584-1654), posthumously published in Table Talk, 1689. There a... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za