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		<title>A toyi-toyi for Doek Fridays</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/melomagolego/2014/08/04/a-toyi-toyi-for-doek-fridays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/melomagolego/2014/08/04/a-toyi-toyi-for-doek-fridays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melo Magolego]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doek friday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the department of arts and culture introduced a &#8220;Wear a Doek Fridays&#8221; campaign to mark Women&#8217;s Month. Women took to the streets of Twitter brandishing retweets of outrage. With each minute the Twitter numbers started to swell. A sign that those without a 3G internet connection were arriving at their places of work....]]></description>
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		<title>When the system betrays our children</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/louiseferreira/2014/08/04/when-the-system-betrays-our-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/louiseferreira/2014/08/04/when-the-system-betrays-our-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was supposed to be a weary and fairly snide thinkpiece lamenting the ridiculousness of having a Women’s Day, a Women’s Month, that is completely associated with pink and flowers and whatever other qualities are deemed appropriately womanly. (Apparently, this includes wearing a doek.) Instead, I was reminded once again that I live in a...]]></description>
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		<title>The ancient Greeks’ wisdom regarding sexual orientation</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bertolivier/2014/08/04/the-ancient-greeks-wisdom-regarding-sexual-orientation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bertolivier/2014/08/04/the-ancient-greeks-wisdom-regarding-sexual-orientation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bert Olivier]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient Greeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristophanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heterosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plato]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As history unfolds, people tend to regard earlier eras as being surpassed in practically all areas of cultural activity, the most obvious one being technology &#8212; “progress” regarding which, incidentally, seems to me to be proportional to retrogression in other spheres of culture, specifically self-understanding: the more gadgets there are to be fascinated by, the...]]></description>
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		<title>Medical care or medical cruelty? Time to make gentle that parting embrace</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/williamsaundersonmeyer/2014/08/04/medical-care-or-medical-cruelty-time-to-make-gentle-that-parting-embrace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/williamsaundersonmeyer/2014/08/04/medical-care-or-medical-cruelty-time-to-make-gentle-that-parting-embrace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Saunderson-Meyer]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News/Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archbishop Tutu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dylan Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hippocratic Oath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judaeo-Christian tradition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right to die]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, with customary forthrightness, recently broke ranks with his own church to plead for a &#8220;mind shift&#8221; in the &#8220;right to die&#8221; debate. &#8220;I think when you need machines to help you breathe then you have to ask questions about the quality of life being experienced … Why is a life that...]]></description>
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		<title>JAG: How to leave an impression in Johannesburg</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/nickyprins/2014/08/04/how-to-leave-an-impression-in-johannesburg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/nickyprins/2014/08/04/how-to-leave-an-impression-in-johannesburg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jo's Girl]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impressionism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Johannesburg Art Gallery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over a hundred years ago, a visionary couple founded an art museum in Johannesburg that was so ahead of its time, that a century later, its public beneficiaries still haven’t quite woken up to the world-class treasure it contains. For this is neither a private collection nor a visiting exhibition, and never has been. It...]]></description>
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		<title>The latest neo-fascist threat from Cosatu: Should I laugh or start worrying?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/davidsaks/2014/08/01/the-latest-neo-fascist-threat-from-cosatu-should-i-laugh-or-start-worrying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/davidsaks/2014/08/01/the-latest-neo-fascist-threat-from-cosatu-should-i-laugh-or-start-worrying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Saks]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News/Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R W Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAJBD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Ehrenreich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Communist League SA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Western Cape branch of Cosatu put out a statement that, even by the increasingly feral standards of hard-core left-wing politics in South Africa, was quite extraordinary. Issued in the name of Provincial Secretary Tony Ehrenreich, this presented the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) with an ultimatum to cease its &#8220;Zionist...]]></description>
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		<title>ANC must quit the alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/thabangmotsohi/2014/07/31/anc-must-quit-the-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/thabangmotsohi/2014/07/31/anc-must-quit-the-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thabang Motsohi]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News/Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COSATU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national development plan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many people the last 20 years was a period of lost opportunities characterised by mediocre progress on the economic front and unmet promises. On the contrary, the ANC claims that there is a good story to tell. For the owners of capital, it has indeed been a period of unprecedented growth in their wealth...]]></description>
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		<title>Max Weber on capitalism and religion</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bertolivier/2014/07/30/max-weber-on-capitalism-and-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bertolivier/2014/07/30/max-weber-on-capitalism-and-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bert Olivier]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Protestantism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What must surely count as one of the shrewdest, albeit debatable, accounts of the distinctive traits of capitalism was penned by the justly famous German sociologist Max Weber in his controversial book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism of 1930 (London: Routledge Classics, 2001). The reasons for its controversial status are summarised as...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>#Bringbackourgirls, Lwandle, Gaza and detaching from this world</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/athambilemasola/2014/07/30/bringbackourgirls-lwandle-gaza-and-detaching-from-this-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/athambilemasola/2014/07/30/bringbackourgirls-lwandle-gaza-and-detaching-from-this-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Athambile Masola]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News/Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boko Haram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugene de Kock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GAZA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transformation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It started with the #Bringbackourgirls campaign. I hadn’t followed the story closely, but when I read articles to make sense of what had happened, I couldn’t make sense of it. I tried to imagine people coming into my school and taking away the students and there being no sense of security or outcry. I tried...]]></description>
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		<title>David Saks and the naturalness of white contempt</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/gcobaniqambela/2014/07/29/david-saks-and-the-naturalness-of-white-contempt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/gcobaniqambela/2014/07/29/david-saks-and-the-naturalness-of-white-contempt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gcobani Qambela]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News/Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Saks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GAZA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/?p=31173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Ubuntu: Curating the Archive (edited by Leonhard Praeg and Siphokazi Magadla), Ama Biney notes in the chapter &#8220;The Historical Discourse on Humanism: Interrogating the Paradoxes&#8221; that Aimé Cesaire notably made the case that Hitler’s crime was mainly that “he applied to Europe colonialist procedures, which until then had been reserved exclusively for the Arabs...]]></description>
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