Notable Quotes

The will of the people was expressed. The will of the people was counted. – Vincent Maleka, a South African senior counsel who is leading the ECN’s legal team in a court case where nine opposition parties is challenging the results of Namibia’s presidential and National Assembly elections three months ago. The decision will be given in the High Court in Windhoek today.

This game against Namibia is not just a game, but it’s also a celebration of the magical number – 100 days to the World Cup, it’s not only for us but for the whole world as well. – South Africa’s national football coach Carlos Alberto Parreira on their game against Namibia last night.
In fact, the Act as amended last year does not mention verification centers. – Senior counsel Reinhard Tötemeyer, who is leading the nine parties’ legal team, argued that the Electoral Act stipulates that the election results must be posted at each polling station, and does not allow for verified results from verification centres to be announced as final election results.

From the history books
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States On March 4, 1933, at the height of the great depression. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the east-wing of the US Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his “New Deal”- an expansion of the federal government as an instrument of employment opportunity and welfare.

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