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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought May 29, 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... Working families, workers and pubic wigs by Sarah Britten on May 29th, 2008 In every political culture, there's a favourite construct, a sort of Pavlovian bell that is designed to trigger the immediate cessation of critical thought. In South Africa, it's "the workers" or "the people". The workers want, the people demand: app... UNASUR: will it work? by Steven Lamini on May 28th, 2008 There have been active developments across the borders of a number of Latin American countries since 2004 to form what was seen as a regional forum for, among other things, the social inclusion of these countries' different nations. Last year, during... Strange silences by Steven Lamini on May 28th, 2008 If there is one certainty in the American Presidential elections, it is that none of the candidates of either party can ever stand watch on the walls of beleaguered cities, peering through the darkness infested by every multinational company imaginab... Confessions of a journalist by Miriam Mannak on May 28th, 2008 When I studied journalism, I was taught, among other things, that in order to call yourself a competent journalist you should have the ability to remain a fly on the wall at all times. "Your job is to observe, not to interfere, and to switch off y... In the aftermath: Tasks for the South African Working class by Steven Lamini on May 28th, 2008 The crisis is not over, despite official statements claiming it to be so. What the army has done was to drive the attacks underground, resulting in war parties of five to seven thugs combing through settlements, picking foreign nationals out one by o... Is this really a victory for 'decency'? by Sarah Britten on May 28th, 2008 'Decency' is one of the most overused and abused words in the English language. It is a word that has emerged in two events to capture the attention of Sydneysiders in recent weeks. One of them, a police raid on an art exhibition featuring photograph... Criticism = racism? A post on my previous post by Anthea Buys on May 28th, 2008 Fouad Asfour, one of the contributing editors to Documenta magazine, and Sharlene Khan, a local artist about whose work I expressed my reservations very briefly in my last post, have launched accusations that I am racist for having ciriticised Khan's... The first step to building a brand is having one by Ferdie Bester on May 28th, 2008 One of the most critical elements in marketing a business is its brand. It's the symbol that identifies and distinguishes a business. Achieving name recognition in the marketplace usually takes years to establish and big advertising expenditur... I'm forced to be foreign -- ranting and raving… by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on May 28th, 2008 Submitted by Cynthia Ayeza Mutabaazi Most of us have by now read a lot about the current xenophobic attacks on "foreign" people/non-South Africans in South Africa. We have read about it in the papers, seen it on television, heard it on radio... Life here, in Africa, is brief as a candle by Sandile Memela on May 28th, 2008 Sometimes one can feel like an atom -- alone, isolated and abandoned. You must have experienced those moments too where you feel that you have lost a whole tribe of good friends, family, relatives and neighbours. It is a development that is enough... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za