Notable Quotes

THERE were one-on-one meetings at noon among the presidents and Zuma managed to nudge president Mugabe into the right direction. – A source telling The Namibian that the annual summit of SADC decided to take action with regard to Zimbabwe and its non-compliance with orders of the regional tribunal.

BESET by infighting and manoeuvring, the management committee keeps council’s progress hostage. – Mayor Arnold Losper (CoD) gave as reason why the Keetmanshoop Town Council decided to dismantle its management committee with immediate effect at an extraordinary meeting held on Monday.

THEY started deserting the project one by one, presumably to look for other forms of job opportunities elsewhere. As we speak there are only two of the liberation struggle children left. – Ministry of Agriculture,Water and Forestry deputy director for the northeastern regions, Bertine Hantindi, told National Assembly MPs visiting the region that 19 of the 21 children had since abandoned their work and left the project.

From The History Books
The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we’d have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense. – William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.  At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president.

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