Notable Quotes

Some were what may be termed as being well-connected people and some not. – Hartmut Ruppel , Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) Chairman, says that a wholesale approach should have been adopted where the trustees would not have been involved in the decision-making process at all.

 

I also had terrible headaches. My urine was golden yellow, and it was painful when I urinated. And the heartbeats – it feels like your heart wants to run away. – A Dorper sheep farmer, in the south of the country, said that he accidentally injected himself whilst he was busy immunising his sheep. At least three Namibians are suspected to have been infected with the deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF).

 

NDF and Police need disciplined people as they will be handling guns. How will they handle them if they are not disciplined? – Dr Peingondjabi Shipoh, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth told The Namibian that Government has ‘washed its hands’ on the group of 60 ‘children of the liberation struggle’ who were thrown out of the Berg Aukas last month for misbehaviour and who are totally out of the Government’s employment scheme.

 

From The History Books

He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks. – Joseph P Kennedy (born September 6 1888) was a prominent American businessman and political figure and the father of US President John F Kennedy, United States Senator and Attorney General Robert F Kennedy, United States Senator Edward M Kennedy, naval officer Joseph P Kennedy Jr, Special Olympics co-founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, former US Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith, and grandfather of US Representatives Joseph P Kennedy II and Patrick J Kennedy. He was a leading member of the Democratic Party and of the Irish Catholic community.

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