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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought September 15, 2008, 11:12 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... A crisis of opportunity: The state of education in SA by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on September 14th, 2008 Submitted by Rachel Adams To be excluded from the opportunities that one's society has to offer is possibly one of the most disenfranchising experiences that one can endure. But to be promised opportunity and then never see that promise come to ... Black people can be among the most racist by Ryland Fisher on September 14th, 2008 I was not surprised when ANC leaders, angered by cartoonist Zapiro, resorted to calling him a racist. After all, there is a tradition in South Africa where black people, unable to come up with a strong enough argument against a white protagonist, alm... Zuma decision: Something fishy? by Michael Trapido on September 14th, 2008 Paragraph 195 of Judge Chris Nicholson's judgement deals with the overall conspiracy allegations of Jacob Zuma in somewhat fishy terms. In essence, it's the old sprat-to-catch-a-mackerel routine in that the conspirators, via the NPA, would use Thin... 'Man-di-LAH!': Carefully explaining to the Chinese in Shanghai what it meant to grow up in the old SA (part four) by Rod MacKenzie on September 14th, 2008 Following from the previous post in this series The entire English department at the Shanghai University of Engineering and Science knew of Nelson Mandela. Should I say "of course" they knew of him? No. People tend to see their country as the cent... Judge Nicholson leaves President Mbeki with no clothes on by Sentletse Diakanyo on September 13th, 2008 The pronouncements relating to President Mbeki as made by Judge Nicholson in his judgment in the matter pertaining to the president of the ANC, Jacob Zuma, are serious and troubling. Judge Nicholson inferred in his judgment that there had been politi... Zuma decision vindicates SA judges and little else by Michael Trapido on September 12th, 2008 Judge Chris Nicholson ruled in favour of Jacob Zuma in the application before the Pietermaritzburg High Court, in that the National Prosecuting Authority's decision to prosecute the ANC president was held to be invalid. His judgment flowed from a pro... Sasol's smut: things get nasty by Anthea Buys on September 12th, 2008 At the end of August Sasol begrudgingly handed over R60 000 to Richardt Strydom (whose name nobody seems to be able to spell correctly) for his winning artwork in the Sasol New Signatures competition, Familieportret No 2. The photograph, which you ca... The relief of Zimbabwe by Michael Trapido on September 12th, 2008 It was with no little relief that we are hearing that Zimbabweans have finally reached an agreement on power sharing. While the exact details shall be released on Monday and there are bound to be many who are still unhappy, it offers the people of th... Raise your hand if you love the Transkei by Bridget McNulty on September 12th, 2008 I do. What's not to love? Stunning scenery with a splash of the unspoilt about it, fabulous swimming beaches, friendly people, cows, more cows, and a taste of South Africa that doesn't taste like anywhere else in the country. What I don't love... Reverse sexism - a thought experiment gone bad by Ndumiso Ngcobo on September 12th, 2008 In my last offering entitled 'The scourge of reverse sexism' -- www.thoughtleader.co.za/silwane/2008/09/07/the-scourge-of-reverse-sexism-in-south-african-society/ -- I listed aspects of the gender relations in this country that I presumably disagreed... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za