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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought July 23, 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... Now here's something I don't miss about South Africa by Sarah Britten on July 23rd, 2008 Those readers who always keep a spare pair of undies handy, should they find it necessary to get their knickers in a knot, will no doubt find this post deliciously offensive. I want to state at the outset that this is not an argument, or a justif... Sdudla – it's bigger than you! by The Sumo on July 23rd, 2008 Disclaimer: I aim to offend no one person with this blog, really, I don't. For the non-Zulu among us, first of all, sympathies that you are not spawn from the loins of men who belong to arguably the greatest warrior Nation on Earth; and you do ... South Africa's best PR resource by Sarah Britten on July 23rd, 2008 Living outside of South Africa and reading the local media, it's always interesting to see what kind of coverage we get. Not a whole lot of news about South Africa reaches Australia; that much is obvious. The only time South African news did make... Exploiting of new technologies for common good by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 22nd, 2008 Alan Greenspan observed that, "… New technologies that evolved from the cumulative innovations of the past half-century have now begun to bring about dramatic changes in the way goods and services are produced and in the way they are distributed ... Of irrational apathy and exuberance! by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 22nd, 2008 In 1996 Alan Greenspan, then the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, when addressing the American Enterprise Institute enquired, "… But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to un... Radovan Karadzic: bonfire of the racist vanities by Michael Trapido on July 22nd, 2008 If there is one thing I am enjoying more than seeing Radovan Karadzic, former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, facing trial in the Hague for genocide and crimes against humanity, it's reminding racists here and abroad that Europe, supposedly the centre o... The apostrophical catastrophe of being punctuationarily illiterate by Tony Jackman on July 22nd, 2008 Pity the poor apostrophe. Just when it thinks it can park off unnoticed in a quiet corner somewhere, along comes another berk who doesn't know how to use one. And you know what apostrophical illiterates do for fun, don't you? If they see an 's�... The sharpened outline of a South African by Catherine Parker on July 22nd, 2008 Thought Leader often becomes the platform for The Great Emigration Debate, probably because there is such a collision of minds reading, writing and commenting in one place: expats who have left and who are defensive about it, expats who are dying to ... The wrangle over Africa by Steven Lamini on July 22nd, 2008 It is hard to fathom, but Zimbabwe is sandwiched between the ambitions of two super powers to extend their influence over the African continent. Both China and the United States see Africa as the strategic focus in an ever-tense game of vying for heg... Government has failed transformation of sports by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 21st, 2008 In 1998, the ANC issued this statement: "The transformation of sports in our country is one such area where we have done very little." "… there are still sporting codes which are not truly representative of the South African nation. Bo... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za