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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought September 25, 2008, 10:21 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... Should Zuma give way for a Motlanthe presidency after the 2009 elections? by Khaya Dlanga on September 25th, 2008 If Zuma were to get up and address the nation and tell us that he has no intentions of running for the presidency of the country, he would do much to repair his chequered reputation. Such an announcement would probably be one of the single greatest a... The revenge of the Silvertails: more essential Aussie vocabulary by Sarah Britten on September 25th, 2008 Following on last week's entry about Aussie words you need to understand if you want to survive in these parts, here are a couple more words and expressions I encounter occasionally and, occasionally, quite often: Silvertail. Wealthy, affluent, so... Understanding the meaning of why "judges are counter revolutionary" by Sandile Memela on September 25th, 2008 It is sad that some people are not granted their right to freedom of thought and speech in this country simply because of who they support. Yet all views deserve to be judged on merit, if any. Thus we must resisting prejudging what comes out of the... Diary of an HR manager, aged 35 ½ by Alan Hammond on September 25th, 2008 If you think you've had a difficult few days take a minute to think about one poor old HR manager in Pretoria. First the CEO was forced out and then 14 members of Exco resigned on the same day! His succession planning has been blown out of the water ... The diary of President Ivy by Arthur Goldstuck on September 25th, 2008 Exclusive: The 12 hours of the Matsepe-Casaburri presidency, revealed through the acting president's diary September 25, midnight: Yippee!!! I'm the president! No, the President, with a capital P! No one can stop me now! I'm so happy I coul... Maybe next time? by Azad Essa on September 25th, 2008 I missed Thabo Mbeki's farewell speech on Sunday night and was desperate the next morning to catch a glimpse of his apparently wet eyes bidding goodbye to a nation. I rush over to the SABC website hoping to find an uploaded video of the evening's... Et tu Ruth? by Michael Trapido on September 24th, 2008 Ruth Kelly, the UK transport secretary, dropped a political time bomb on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown less than 24 hours after what many analysts believe was the Labour leader's make-or-break speech to the party conference in Manchester. The M... A call for disunity by Ben Cashdan on September 24th, 2008 The South African body politic is sick. And it's the ANC's fault. Not because 10 cabinet ministers and the president resigned this week. Not because a motley crew of populists have taken unceremonious control of party and state. And not because all t... The exodus of ministers: the question of allegiances and patriotism by Sentletse Diakanyo on September 24th, 2008 The announcement of the resignations of 14 Cabinet ministers including the deputy president and Trevor Manuel, regardless of arrogant denials of the ANC, caused a frightful tremor along the corridors of Luthuli House, the ANC's headquarters. The hurr... Zimbabwe stalemate an opportunity for Zanu-PF by Michael Trapido on September 24th, 2008 While many sceptics believe the deal engineered by President Thabo Mbeki would afford Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the opportunity to again outwit his opponents and carry on regardless, this is completely divorced from the reality. In fact, ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za