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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought August 15, 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... The return of our sporting heroes and leaders by Jeremiah Kure on August 15th, 2008 When John Terry strode forward to take that penalty in last season's dramatic Champion's League final, he wasn't just staring at two uprights and a crossbar. He was staring at greatness. I remember the thudding of a million heartbeats in the hus... The African Global Village by Michael Francis on August 14th, 2008 Marshall McLuhan predicted a Global Village of interdependence based on new communication technology in the 1960s. Since then the concept has taken on new connotations with the advent of the internet and its assumed ubiquitous. However, the negativ... Why on earth is Georgia getting Western support? by Grant Walliser on August 14th, 2008 While the world watched the opening of the Olympic Games, well prepared and armed Georgian troops invaded and shelled Tskhinvali, the capital of the tiny breakaway republic of South Ossetia, until there was little over 30% of the structures left stan... The greatest con by Sentletse Diakanyo on August 13th, 2008 "We can copy everything except your mother." So goes a saying in Shanghai -- but soon they will not only copy your mother, but your mother-in-law too. With cloning, such a possibility may not be far-fetched. From top designer brands to car part... Of crooked lawyers and the disingenuous RAF by Sentletse Diakanyo on August 13th, 2008 The Road Accident Fund Amendment Act was promulgated with effect from August 1 2008. The much-disputed legislative amendments are intended to provide a more "equitable, fair and transparent [resource] for the victims of road accidents," over and ... The demise and irrelevance of the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) by Sentletse Diakanyo on August 13th, 2008 To have some measure of understanding of the Pan-africanist Congress (PAC) as a political party with no relevance in the 21st Century, it is vital to gain some insight into the pan-africanism ideology upon which its formation was inspired. The id... It's the Komphela and Frolick show by Michael Trapido on August 13th, 2008 And now ladies and gentleman in the category for the biggest embarrassment to South Africa in a sporting drama, the nominees are: Butana Komphela for his moving role as a misunderstood racist in "Whites and Indians don't understand transformation", ... What really happened at Cuito Cuinavale? by David Saks on August 13th, 2008 In late 1987, South African and UNITA forces clashed with their Cuban and FAPLA counterparts at Cuito Cuinavale in what would be the culminating battle of the so-called "Border War". Indeed, it has been described as "Africa's largest land bat... Towards the digital donga by Arthur Goldstuck on August 13th, 2008 It's comforting to know that South Africa now has a formal, cabinet-approved digital migration policy, and even more so that our digital TV future will be curated by a Digital Dzonga ("digital south") Advisory Council, drawn from the industry, labour... Open borders! by Steven Lamini on August 13th, 2008 Not far from where I live is a woman who, like many others from her class, have the best of all the worlds possible. She owns a house somewhere here in Yorkshire and one in Cape Town, allowing her to live here for six months during the best of weathe... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za