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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought June 2, 2008, 11:14 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... Racists, traitors and treason by Reader Blog on June 2nd, 2008 Submitted by Jessica Scott Reading some of the responses on Sarah Britten's blog titled "Is it wrong to feel relieved that I left South Africa?", I was shocked by the vehemence of some of the responses. It is not surprising that the subject of... President Mbeki explained ... by the US Congress by Tony Lankester on June 1st, 2008 I don't know if you saw this recently -- but it's an actual screen capture of President Mbeki's diary, as published on government's own website. I wish I was making it up, but I'm not: (Source: http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/diary.asp?s... Dear Winnie Madikezela-Mandela by Michael Trapido on June 1st, 2008 With everyone running around dropping off letters to each other -- President Mbeki to President Bush, Morgan Tsvangirai to Mbeki and the chairman of Benoni Brothels Inc to the government (Mrs Traps) I slipped out without paying apparently - I figured... SA cannot afford a failing presidency at this time by Michael Trapido on May 31st, 2008 Pat Buchanan correctly observed that "when loyalists defect and seek to profit from that defection, it is usually a sign of a failing presidency". While I have to play fair and admit that I generally can't stomach Buchanan's views, his diagnosis is a... Irony that is music to my ears by Reader Blog on May 31st, 2008 Submitted by Dylan Edwards The news that Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday will be celebrated with a concert in Hyde Park would have been exciting news for many South Africans. Unfortunately, the Hyde Park in question is not the northern Johannes... An aphasic proposition by Reader Blog on May 31st, 2008 Submitted by Patrick Madden "One may lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace one nevertheless tells the truth." -- Nietzsche It seems the order of the day to accept that politicians, like lawyers, lie or obscure the truth as a ma... The people are revolting by Reader Blog on May 31st, 2008 Submitted by Trevor Watkins Some of us achieve our destiny only in death. The image of the burning man that has flashed around the world this month will haunt our beloved nation for years to come. Such images have changed the course of history, an... 'Let them eat cake' by Reader Blog on May 31st, 2008 Submitted by James Tobias Put aside your political agendas and concern yourselves purely on a humanitarian level for a moment. Driving my kids to college on Monday morning, I heard that our local town hall had been transformed into a place of s... Renaissance dreams and discontent by Reader Blog on May 31st, 2008 Submitted by Chris Waldburger This month, South Africa ached for a leader. South Africa's shoulder rubbed raw against the wheel of destiny; there was nobody to stand as a midwife for her so that she could bear the hopes and dreams of a continent. ... Ubuntu -- made in China by Shareef Blankenberg on May 30th, 2008 On 12 May 2008, at 2.28pm, an earthquake registering 8.0 on the Richter scale hit the Chinese province of Sichuan. The earthquake, believed by scientists to be 30 times as fierce as the one that hit Kobe in Japan in 1995, released the energy of five ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za