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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought June 3, 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... Racism, Rock and ruling by Mandy de Waal on June 3rd, 2008 I've always wondered why great stand-up comedians don't go into politics. This may not be the solution to the world's leadership crisis, but at least we'd have a good laugh while entire nations and continents are being managed into ruin. Seri... Black Armani suits and the lack of leadership by Sandile Memela on June 3rd, 2008 I have recently made a very startling discovery: most men who wear black Armani suits are tame. Of course, their dress sense makes them look like very important people who are making it in the world, whatever that means. But on closer scrutiny, th... I left my liberal heart in San Francisco by Catherine Parker on June 3rd, 2008 I live in a bubble of liberalism. Not just within the US, but even within the state of California, which is in itself almost a different country to the rest of the States. In San Francisco, I am in a place where freedom of speech is a point of pr... What does the ANCYL have in common with Young Labor? by Sarah Britten on June 3rd, 2008 Who would have thought it? Australia's Labor Party, the Ruddites, and the ANC Youth League have something in common. Both of them campaign against youth binge drinking and both of them are given to enjoying a drink or two. Or three. The Daily Tel... Love in the time of unipolarity by Don Goodson on June 2nd, 2008 I've heard it said that relations between the US and South Africa are a lot like relations between the US and France. Having lived in all three countries, I must admit that similarities in the two bilateral relationships are unmistakable. But w... Power lodged in narrow hearts part 3: The Leon Phenomenon by Steven Lamini on June 2nd, 2008 Lack of vision is in, clarity of perspective is out. Sound understanding is out, ecclecticism is in. Not all the fog in Cape Town is as a result of changing weather patterns. Mostly, it is the cause of Tony Leon opening his office window. It envelops... Where goes the continent? by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on June 2nd, 2008 Submitted by Rachel Adams In February of this year, Jody Kollapen, Chairman of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) stated that Nelson Mandela had taken reconciliation too far and that there had been an "undue focus on reconciliation ... We are African by Mandy de Waal on June 2nd, 2008 "It often takes a major shock to force a society to confront challenges it has been either denying or underestimating. South Africans have been living in a false paradise that has ignored the realities of our interconnected and interdependent world... Elections 2.0: New media and democracy by Matthew Buckland on June 2nd, 2008 The internet has a critical role to play in democracies. Likewise, it will play an important role in the country's upcoming national elections. This is now being recognised by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which for the first time had "... The cohesion campaign: Quo vadis? by Steven Lamini on June 2nd, 2008 Last Friday, Pallo Jordan launched what is called a social cohesion campaign. The aim of this is to afford South Africans the chance to air their views on suggestions to change names of geographical places -- in aide of creating a sense of belonging ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za