Quotes of the day

Mandela let us down. He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically we are still on the outside. – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, said in an interview with the London Evening Standard published this week that the anti-apartheid icon had become a corporate foundation.

Health-CARE needs finances drastically. In Namibia it is common to go to hospital to die. The health of the Namibians should be top priority. a healthy nation is a happy nation! – A contributor to the budget discussion on The Namibians Facebook site.

The soccer means nothing to us because we won’t be able to watch it anyway, since we don’t have electricity. This time we will fight and toyi-toyi like the ANC taught us. – Vusi Nkosi, a resident of Mamelodi-East near Pretoria said on Tuesday during violent protests. They threatened to disrupt the tournament scheduled to start in June. Beeld March 10 2010.

From the history books
I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir ‘em up, but you can’t do that on television. It’s just not on. – Rupert Murdoch the  American media mogul was born on March 11 1931. He is the founder, a major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp). Beginning with one newspaper in Adelaide, Australia Murdoch acquired and started other publications in his native Australia before expanding News Corp into the United Kingdom, United States and Asian media markets. In the 2000’s he became a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry and the Internet.

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