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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought July 24, 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... Africa is far too complex for generalisations: this should be self-evident by Ismail Lagardien on July 23rd, 2008 Lyndall Beddy made a couple of comments on Thought Leader that have been problematic. The most recent of these comments was this at the bottom of a recent post: "Western Culture for centuries has satirised leaders and held them accountable. Afr... Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons to serve whose interest? by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 23rd, 2008 That the physicist and self-proclaimed absolute pacifist Albert Einstein inspired the development of the most devastating weapon of mass destruction, the atomic bomb, is no secret. His theory of relativity concludes that a large amount of energy cou... Digital marketing: do your homework first by Andrea Mitchell on July 23rd, 2008 Ten years ago, digital marketing simply meant online marketing, by placing a banner on a website and very little else. Some banners didn't even click through to a website, as advertisers didn't have a web presence. Media owners even got away wit... The French trying to lift the veil by Anja Merret on July 23rd, 2008 It's a rare occasion when a news headlinee in the New York Times catches my eye. With so much coverage on the war on Iran (not a typo) or Obama's road show which the Germans are not that happy with, ones eyes tend to glaze over. Then there are co... 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... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za