Notable Quotes

THESE people are killers. There are sick and broken people who need urgent special attention they cannot get at the state Hospital in Swakopmund, so they have to ‘urgently’ be transferred to Windhoek Central or Katutura State Hospital. Now they come with the excuse: ‘There are no drivers’. Who are they? Are they serving our nation, or are they killing our nation? – A very upset father, Immanuel Simon, told The Namibian after no one could properly justify to him why the transfer to Windhoek of his newborn baby girl was delayed for three hours.

THE Namibian became our weekly diet. – Deputy Mayor Skinny Hilundwa said in a speech at the 25th birthday celebration of The Namibian in Oshakati on Monday.
THE whole north has run out. – A frustrated supervisor at Engen’s fuel station in Oshakati said because of the fuel shortage which has plagued the north since last week.

From The History Books
I would watch (Pancho) Gonzalez play and he mesmerised you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn’t take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next. – James Scott ‘Jimmy’ Connors (born September 2 1952) is an American former world number one tennis player and is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He held the top ranking for 160 consecutive weeks from July 29 1974 to August 29 1977, and an additional eight times during his career (a total of 268 weeks). He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles with Ilie Nastase and was the mixed doubles runner-up with Chris Evert at the 1974 US Open. He is a former coach of Andy Roddick, the winner of the 2003 US Open.

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