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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought March 25, 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... Energy-crisis myths, misrepresentations and fallacies by Reader Blog on March 25th, 2008 Submitted by Bryan Hadfield Much of the recent reporting on the Eskom crisis is based on a poor understanding of the true nature of the energy problems and what would constitute useful responses from the public. Half-truths, disingenuous excuses, ... The Scorpions: No good deed goes unpunished by Khaya Dlanga on March 25th, 2008 In politics, transparency, I believe, is when a politician tells you enough for you to think that he has told you everything there is to know. If I had something to hide, I would certainly want the Scorpions to be disbanded; make no mistake about it.... My Coke Fest 2008 report by Bridget McNulty on March 25th, 2008 I spent most of yesterday milling around with the many thousands of other people who turned up en masse for the Cape Town leg of My Coke Fest. How was it? In a word, fantastic. Here's why: I've been to many a music festival and although I lo... MyEnergy: A tool for powerless South Africa by Erik Hersman on March 24th, 2008 That's a powerful image of Africa's most advanced country... Power outages in South Africa has had everyone up in arms for the past couple weeks. A simple search on M&G, The Times or Thought Leader will give you its history and interestin... Between antagonism and ambivalence: Russia-China relations by Israel Rafalovich on March 24th, 2008 For decades the antagonism between Russia and China was a constant of international politics. Such mutual relations tend to be marked by ambivalence. With hardly any other country has Russia fostered contacts with such intensity as with China. ... Zimbabwe: A bonfire of Mugabe's vanity by Michael Trapido on March 24th, 2008 In 2000, Slate magazine's David Plotz, while describing Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe, observed: "He does not wreak havoc out of evil, caprice or lunacy. He does it out of cynicism. Mugabe, who liberated his nation from colonial oppression 20 years... A tale of two terrors: Robben Island and the Cape fur seals by Khadija Sharife on March 23rd, 2008 Once upon a time -- prior to Europe's colonial discovery of Robben Island by Portuguese privateers such as Bartholomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama and numerous other Dutch, Spanish and English traders, pirates and hired pilots or privateers of the state... A vegetarian's nightmare, oozing blood and attitude by Tony Jackman on March 23rd, 2008 Vegetarians throughout the land will be sharpening their carrots on reading what I'm about to write, but in the interests of levity I have to own up to my one acknowledged prejudice: no, not vegetarians, but vegetarianism. There is a difference. M... Open letter to Mondli Makhanya on metro cops, City Power and Eskom by Michael Trapido on March 23rd, 2008 Dear Sir, I was outraged by your attack on the fine young men and women of the metro cops who have become almost like policemen to us. I mean, how dare you offend the very people who ensure that, after being gridlocked at a robot for three hours ... Poultry: Dinner with Tyson, Rainbow and victims of the Holocaust by Khadija Sharife on March 22nd, 2008 "When I was young, my mother used to tell me stories about segregated bathrooms," said Henry Adams. "I never thought that her reality of 71 years ago would become my reality today." In an article entitled "Tyson Foods sued for whites-only area", A... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za