The breach between a corporate behemoth of the new-media age and an emerging state superpower defines the struggle for the world’s information future, writes Johnny Ryan and Stefan Halper in an article for openDemocracy.

Race will always be a factor in a country with a population as diverse as that of South Africa. The challenge is to rid society of the scourge of racism as a social phenomenon. More than 15 years since the advent of full democracy in 1994, we seem to have made little progress with this challenge. Over the next few weeks, "Leadership Intelligence Bulletin" will ask prominent and influencial South Africans to discuss this issue in an attempt to find some answers on how we can deal with the matters as a society going forward. In the first contribution, Kallie Kriel, chief executive officer of AfriForum, argues that selective morality on racism cultivates even more racism.

What impact will the Fifa Soccer World Cup in 2010 have on traditional school sports tournaments in South Africa? Will it be a logistical nightmare for the organisers of events such as the Craven Week rugby tournament – or will it be another challenge for the Arrive Alive campaign, as South African roads take a heavy toll of casualties annually, with 14 000 fatalities every year?

It was not the Christian faith that gave modern Western civilisation monogamy as the form for the institution of marriage, and polygamy need not be practised clandestinely or be 'un-Christian'. We could also envy President Jacob Zuma for the way he uses his 'shifting identity' to move with ease between the demands of the modern state and the dictates of his traditional heritage, argues a top theologian.

New global research released by the United States-based Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has revealed that women are increasingly defining the entrepreneurial economy and will create 70% of the global growth in income at the household level over the next five years. At executive level, however, they still lag behind. But the economic rise of women can also pose a threat to the economy.

Recent reports suggesting that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is moving toward a greater separation between state and party in respect of its cadre deployment in the civil service, have been based on wrong interpretations of apparently conflicting statements by people in leadership positions.

The nationalisation debate within the ruling ANC Alliance is gaining more momentum rapidly once more. Not only does the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) want South Africa’s mines to be nationalised, but ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe now has placed the potential nationalisation of the country’s central and commercial banks on the agenda.

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Will he, or won’t he… and why he needs to – these three phrases are synonymous with Tiger Woods and whether he will return to professional golf and the Grand Slam hunt in 2010. Will he play professional golf at all, as warm-up or fine-tuning exercises before the US Masters tournament in April? Or will he not feature at all in the first six months of 2010, or even the entire season?

The ultimate question that will be asked by a few worried faces among the 483 000 visitors to the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, as well as by the many members of the international media contingent, is: will South Africa handle the infrastructural demands of a tournament of this magnitude, or will it be exposed as a substandard host? A few statistics have pointed to the fact that perhaps South Africans, and the world, are arguably a tad over-pessimistic about the Rainbow Nation’s ability to handle the pressure.

Following a spate of highly negative media reports these past few years about its poor service delivery following a transformation process, South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) has been put under the spotlight again by the passing of the new Companies Act, which redefines the framework of services that CIPRO should be rendering; while another legislative process is in conflict with an agreement that South Africa signed as member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Last week, Google released its last quarter’s revenues, which between October and December 2009 grew by 17%. That equates to revenues of $6.67 billion during the quarter – up from $5.7bn a year ago. Net profit was $1.97bn. So by how much did your company grow last quarter? A company growing strongly in a recession, how about that?

When South Africa returned from the West Indian Islands after succumbing meekly to Australia in the semifinal of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, shouts of "Mickey Mouse" greeted the team management upon its arrival at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The angry fans were referring to Mickey Arthur, the Proteas' coach, of course. Then, for others he became King Arthur, and now the king is dead – long live the king!