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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought July 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... SA's first online reality show! by Bridget McNulty on July 21st, 2008 "Can You Twist is South Africa's first online reality show featuring six of the country's hottest young female storytellers ... and your votes. Six weeks, six women, six twists and one ultimate winner!" How could I resist? How could anyone? To ... The pitter-patter of the ex-pats by Jarred Cinman on July 21st, 2008 Somebody told me a while ago that there are now a million South Africans living in Australia, and a similar number in the UK. I guess between Canada, the US and elsewhere, there must be at least half that same number again out there looking for a bet... Blood, iron, sex and time by Bert Olivier on July 21st, 2008 Leonard Shlain has done it again: in a probing and wide-ranging study, Sex, Time and Power (2003) -- which probes even deeper into the origins of patriarchy than his earlier The Alphabet Versus the Goddess (1998) -- he sets out to answer the question... Institutions shoring up Eurocentrism, 'Western civilisation' are not 'non-partisan' by Ismail Lagardien on July 20th, 2008 A contribution to Thought Leader by David Saks reminded me of an intellectual movement with which I associate myself, and which questions the continued application of Western thought/Eurocentrism as the dominant paradigm for social organisation -- es... Caviar communism: YCL comes out of business-class closet by Alex Matthews on July 20th, 2008 Recently the Young Communist League national secretary, Buti Manamela, was detained for questioning at Heathrow on his arrival. Sounds like a horrible experience to go through -- one which he shares in an interview in the Mail & Guardian a few we... South Africa: Progress and challenges by Vusi Gumede on July 20th, 2008 As suggested in Elhanan Helpman's Mystery of Economic Growth, there are many tasks that rest on the shoulders of a (developmental) state. The same line of thinking can be discerned also in Jeffery Sach's End of Poverty. In our context, for exampl... The rebirth of Africa means discarding foreign religions by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 20th, 2008 The traditional religions of most Africans altered significantly as a result of colonial rule. Colonial rulers interfered with the African way of worship. Where the modes of worship conflicted with those of the colonialists, restrictions were placed ... To therapy or not to therapy ... by Mpho Maboi on July 20th, 2008 Lately I feel as though I am going through life angrily. I have no idea what the problem is, but I seem to snap and explode at the simplest of provocations. For the first time in my life I have even considered therapy. Thing is, I don't believe in ... Beijing Olympics: Red and green converge by Ivo Vegter on July 20th, 2008 It's almost time for the 2008 Olympics, and the Chinese authorities are making sure their coming out party is as green as possible. And what does environmentalism entail? Draconian restrictions, of course. The Communist Party of China can relate to t... Buchan and Tutu are Madiba's birthday presents by Michael Trapido on July 20th, 2008 While the Sunday Times was reporting that the ANC were losing voters left, right and centre, Rapport was recording the incredible events that took place at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Angus Buchan, a farmer of Scottish descent who preaches hope and ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za