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Leadership Intelligence Bulletin
1 November 2011
Digital media
Digital mediaNew mindset for changing security landscape

The evolution of technology and communication has enabled people to
communicate faster and more conveniently, but it has also invited
individuals, and now syndicates, to exploit these channels with malicious
intent. Standard protection such as anti-virus, intrusion and spam detection and prevention on their own is not enough anymore.

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Final word
Final wordAn eccentric, a maverick or just plain off his rocker?

The first deposed and now murdered 42-year-long despot of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi in his time was probably one of the most controversial leaders of a country on the international paddock. He has been invariably described as  at best an eccentric, a maverick, off his rocker or a loony. But how appropriate are some of these titles that were bestowed on him?

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Cricket watch
Cricket watchSA enter test series on the back foot

The emphatic three-wicket win in the third and deciding one-day international propelled Australia to a series-victory against South Africa, the first time on South African soil since 2002. And, South Africa lost their second one-day international series at home since the 2009/2010 season.

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Worth a read
Worth a readTowards a World War III scenario

Coinciding with the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan a regional war theatre  opened up in North Africa, under the disguise of a UN-sponsored "humanitarian operation" with the mandate to "protect civilian lives", placing the world at a critical cross-roads, writes Professor Michel Chossudovsky in a new e-book under the title: "Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War."

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Leadership development - Issue 95
Leadership development - Issue 95Learning from the worlds best

With the co-operation of the The LR Management Group, we can now bring you the leadership training tool 50 Lessons, which is a powerful force in the world of corporate learning. 50 Lessons is the worlds premier multimedia business resource, offering more than 1 000 personal and authentic video lessons from internationally respected business leaders. It can assist you to increase the utilisation and return on investment of your learning programmes immediately!

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Safety and security
Safety and securityIs non-state security the way forward?

Many communities in countries torn apart by violence look beyond the state for their protection, to neighbourhood watch groups, civilian patrols or self-help associations. Interest in these non-state providers has risen sharply in the donor community, but can the risks of supporting vigilantes and criminal rackets be contained, asks Maria Derks.

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Rugby watch
Rugby watchThe Lions roar and go fishing

The final event of  the Currie-Cup season delivered a fairy tale final that even a Hollywood scriptwriter would have dismissed as too idealistic. When the Golden Lions’ bus drove into the stadium on Saturday just moments before the start of the Currie Cup-final, it displayed one word in the window – Believe.

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Out of Africa
Out of AfricaShooting the messenger...

A major conference has just found that the use of government advertising to reward or punish news media alongside government takeovers of media or the setting up of parallel government media networks in several countries continue to be powerful weapons used to prevent or manipulate the free flow of information. In other words government censorship and control is rife, while media freedom is a myth in these parts.

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Energy and resources
Energy and resourcesReport highlights key issues going forward

Some key themes are likely to impact on the energy and resources sector in 2012, according to the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd (DTTL) Energy & Resources Predictions 2012 report released recently. At least one of the key developments in the oil industry, expanding oilfields in West Africa, holds out some real opportunities for the South African economy.

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COP 17
COP 17Promotion of conference on track

In what is considered a fast-moving, highly visible banner for the COP17-conference on climate change, the Climate Train has started its month-long journey across South Africa. Its aim will be to document the impact of climate change on communities, and also to act as a resource hub showcasing low-carbon technologies.

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Libyan saga
Libyan sagaObama-administration and the Western allies exposed

For the record, this is no apology for Gaddafi. As a matter of fact, in the end in the streets of Sirte, the Brother Leader probably got what he deserved. That he was allowed to get away with so much for so many years is however also an indictment of the  hypocritical role played by the West in general and the Obama administration in particular, to force regime change in Libya.

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Rule of law
Rule of lawThe South African constitutional story

The South African constitution is much more than a legal document.  In a very real sense it provides the foundation for our new nation.  It was not imposed on anyone - but was endorsed by parties that represent an overwhelming majority of our population and its constituent communities.  It sets out the goals toward which we must all aspire and the values that should guide our behaviour. The challenge that confronts South Africans will be to ensure that we all abide by the principles, values and vision that it articulates.

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Youth protest
Youth protestMalema's march a blighted success

Last week Julius Malema led thousands of members of his ANC Youth League and an assortment of other South African youth dissidents in what by all accounts may be seen as a successful march against poverty and unemployment a la the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street movements. However a number of concurrent developments and suspicions seem to have marred the merits of this otherwise momentous march.

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SA Politics
SA PoliticsThe ANC: divisions and succession - Part 2

Last week we wrote about how President Jacob Zuma’s decisions to release the Donen Commission’s report on the Oilgate affair, to fire two ministers and suspend South Africa’s police chief, and to establish a commission of Inquiry into the arms deal may or may not impact on his chances of serving a second term as president. This week  we look at what role if any ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema and his disciplinary hearing, as well as some related developments may play out in the succession race.

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