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Leadership Intelligence Bulletin
8 June 2010
Internet privacy
Internet privacyDo not go through the minefield blindfolded

The latest huge controversy in which the Internet social networking platform Facebook  has landed itself over the privacy of its users, is merely the tip of the iceberg. While legal frameworks throughout the world continue to fail in dealing adequately with the issue, the onus remains on the shoulders of individual users, mostly technically poorly equipped for the task, to guard over their own privacy. Caution and educating oneself should be the main guiding principles.

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Middle East
Middle EastSigns of a changing world

As the initial hype surrounding the confrontation last week between Israeli marine commandos and sea-born militant protesters or activists on their way to Gaza begins to reach more sober levels, a number of important perspectives are crystallising. It also reflects the world’s changing power relations in the wake of the end of the cold war and shifts in economic power and trends of which South Africa should take due note.

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A poisoned tree
A poisoned treeA book of facts and prejudice

Few books have received as much media coverage in a very long time as Antony Altbeker’s Fruit of a Poisoned Tree on the sensational trail of Fred van der Vyver on a charge of murder – accused of having killed his Stellenbosch student girlfriend, Inge Lotz. The book does not only show how deeply flawed the investigation of the murder and prosecution process was, but it also controversially and disappointingly puts on trial religion, Afrikanerdom, apartheid and even the late advocate, Percy Yutar.

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Alliance tensions
Alliance tensionsCorruption remains a central issue

In a week during which corruption issues are threatening finally to tear apart South Africa’s ruling alliance, President Jacob Zuma’s own corruption ghost went back to court on Monday. With this spectre hanging over his head, Zuma must make some tough moral and political calls this week on allegations of corruption in the ANC, the fight between nationalists and the Left, the pending ANC disciplinary hearing of Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu’s threat to leave the ruling alliance and more... and hope that he can keep the Alliance together at its most precarious time ever.

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Pub talk
Pub talkThe World Cup kaleidoscope

What is the Soccer World Cup really about? On the eve of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, in which England is one of the favourites to walk away with the trophy in a month's time, David Hayes – deputy editor of openDemocracy – relates a London pub conversation between four friends which took place before the 2002 World Cup.

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Post-World Cup dangers
Post-World Cup dangersScarecrows are having a field day

If the peddlers of scare rumours are to be believed, South Africa must hope and pray for a fairy tale to become true, one in which the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup becomes frozen in time and never ends. If all the stories and rumours are to believed, before the plane taking the last of the participating international teams and supporters has disappeared over the edge of the horizon, the country will go over an edge of its own – becoming a bloodbath, and carrying an unbearable debt burden. Separating legitimate concern from malicious fiction is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Worth a read
Worth a readWhat the dog saw

“Worth a read?” is not your ordinary book review; it is a meta-review that provides an overview of the opinions contained in a variety of book reviews published in the media at large. This week we take a look at a collection of essays under the title What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell and released in South Africa in June 2010.

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Leadership development - Issue 27
Leadership development - Issue 27Learning 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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WC watch
WC watchOdds against Bafana - bookies

Spain will win the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, beating Brazil in the final, if the bookmakers are to be believed. And Bafana Bafana will be the first host team in the history of the World Cup not to proceed beyond the first round. But history tells us that the bookies do not always get it right.

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Rugby Watch
Rugby WatchBoks can do it again

Apart from a mediocre first half an hour and an unconvincing performance in the scrums, South Africa did enough during its 34-31 win against Wales to prove to international critics that the Springboks boast the strength in depth to repeat their 2007 performance at the Rugby World Cup at next year’s global showpiece in New Zealand.

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