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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought July 29, 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... Refugees must not hold the government to ransom! by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 28th, 2008 During the oppressive stations of life, it was not uncommon to hear demeaning utterances about the nature of black people in general; utterances that suggested that black people are inherently brutal, criminal and represent the savagery that mankind ... Is the ANC two parties in one? by Michael Trapido on July 28th, 2008 Yesterday in response to my call for amnesty for both the president and the ANC president, upon the basis set out therein, I received a couple of responses from readers suggesting that it might be of benefit to the country if the ANC centre and the A... The art of entrepreneurship in a time of clasped purses by Anthea Buys on July 28th, 2008 On the front page of yesterday's edition of the Business Times Anton Ferreira writes that despite certain obstacles in the urban job market, "big city incomes are surging" because of a profound increase in entrepreneurship. The focus of Ferreira's ar... A good woman in the Congo by David Smith on July 28th, 2008 I was thinking about xenophobia today. In fact, these days I think about it far too often. The death of a friend in Kinshasa prompts today's thoughts. Nathalie Muteba was a young and extremely gifted journalist at Radio Okapi, a national radio ... One teabag, one spoonful of neurotoxins by Khadija Sharife on July 28th, 2008 My father has finally decided not to include carcinogenic neurotoxins in his tea. The decision to cease this morbid habit may have been stimulated by the fact that aspartame was formerly classified as an agent of bio-warfare by the Pentagon in invent... South African criminals have so much to teach the world by Sarah Britten on July 28th, 2008 This weekend, news in Australia was enlivened by revelations of an attempted ATM robbery in Brisbane. In the dead of night on July 26, the Bank of Queensland branch was torn apart by an explosion that damaged nearby stores and threw the ATM into the ... Zimbabwe negotiations are bound to fail by Lazola Ndamase on July 28th, 2008 There has been a lot of jubilation and misguided excitement about the recent Zimbabwean negotiations, what with the European Union praising Mbeki's mediation effort and the brokering of a memorandum of understanding. Surprisingly this song and ... Joshing, noshing and swallowing in the subs room by Tony Jackman on July 27th, 2008 When I became the 574 478th journalist in the world to receive a forwarded link by email from a sub-editor friend in the UK about columnist Giles Coren's little spat with subs on the Times, I knew it had to be fucking good. And it is. The lett... Jon Qwelane: What are you hiding, sista? by Alex Matthews on July 27th, 2008 A lot of people -- the decadent amoral bourgeoisie, mostly -- have got awfully upset over Jon Qwelane's latest tirade. Why the fuss? The Sunday Sun is gutter press and Qwelane's equally contemptible opinions are part and parcel of a paper that be... Mandela fariebel by Michael Trapido on July 27th, 2008 Mondli Makhanya explained the basis for the Sunday Times article, "Feud rips Mandelas apart" as being their contribution to maintaining the Mandela legacy. Having learned of all the family intrigue they felt that it was best to put it into some sort ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za