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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought September 16, 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... Twenty websites to spark your creativity by Gino Cosme on September 16th, 2008 Every now and again I find myself low on creativity and in need of some inspiration. The thing with creativity though is that you can't force it on. Instead, you need to feed it with "creative fuel" (random stimuli) and eventually your AHA! moment ta... Now you can even swap your child online by Eve Dmochowska on September 16th, 2008 There is a website, www.childtrader.com that allows and even encourages you to permanently swap your child should you feel that you are not an ideal match. You cannot sell or buy a child, only swap one (your own, preferably) for one that is better su... Metrorail misery by Alex Matthews on September 15th, 2008 Recently, Cape Town Metrorail commuters have been subjected to more than just the customary overcrowded carriages, which during rush hour make sardine cans seem spacious. A few weeks ago there were delays of an hour or more thanks to cable thieves... Hurricane Lehman occasions bloodbath on Wall Street by Michael Trapido on September 15th, 2008 Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the bunker following the CERN Laboratory experiment, along comes a financial storm so severe that you start thinking that it might have been better if those black holes had swallowed us up after all. I... As Zimbabwean politicians sign a power-sharing deal, expectations build for the new prime minister by Bhekinkosi Moyo on September 15th, 2008 They have no choice but to work together if indeed they believe in ending the political deadlock and ending a decade-long recession. It is supposed to be a landmark agreement ending a decade of political crisis and economic downturn. It is Sept... What is 'genuine white racism' anyway? by Sarah Britten on September 15th, 2008 And how do we know it "runs rampant"? I am prompted to ask the question by this comment by Carlos Amato in a very scholarly and thought-provoking article about that Zapiro cartoon: "Genuine white racism remains rampant in this country," he writ... Snakes alive! An appeal against the Zuma decision? by Michael Trapido on September 15th, 2008 Beeld this morning confirms that the NPA is currently weighing up an appeal against the decision in favour of Jacob Zuma handed down in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. The judgement, which will set the scene for many interesting tripartite alliance meeti... Zapiro and the cliché of violence by Rod MacKenzie on September 14th, 2008 Forgive me for resorting to the following hackneyed, worn-out story. Shortly before I met my wife some six years ago, she was dragged screaming and gibbering down the driveway by a gang of strong young men so that they could have the pleasure of her ... 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 ... Could Zuma be the architect of his 'political conspiracy'? by Sentletse Diakanyo on September 14th, 2008 History is beset with illustrious men whose ascendancy to power owe to the employment of manipulative schemes intended to provoke innate emotions of the general mass of desperate people. The presence of particular conditions is requisite for the purp... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za