Notable Quotes

THERE is no need to pre-empt or publicise it prematurely. You must wait until an announcement is made to the public. – Presidential Affairs Minister Albert Kawana commented this week about the decision by Cabinet to replace the Reiterdenkmal, a bronze statue of a German cavalryman with a statue of Namibia’s founding President, Sam Nujoma.

I DON’T feel upset or sad about what the media have been saying about me. I feel calm, but it just encouraged me to prove myself. Of course, I think (the comments) are a bit unfair towards me, but I am not affected. – Ye Shiwen, a Chinese teenage swimming sensation said the doping row surrounding her in London had inspired her to a second Olympic gold medal.

WHEN we remove president [Jacob] Zuma in December, it will be an automatic overturning of that decision. – Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said his expulsion from the ANC will be automatically overturned should Jacob Zuma lose the party’s presidency in December.

From the history books
I DON’T divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures, those who make it or those who don’t. I divide the world into learners and non-learners. – Benjamin Barber (born August 2 1939) is an American political theorist and author perhaps best known for his 1996 bestseller, ‘Jihad vs McWorld.’

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