Notable Quotes

WHEN you look at it, most often, these children are being impregnated by caretakers, teachers, uncles, leaders in society. – Deputy Minister David Namwandi said that the Ministry of Education is overhauling its School Policy on Learner Pregnancy to include “tough punishment” for those who impregnate schoolgirls.

WE want to warn that further increases are imminent, especially on maize meal. We cannot predict the effect that this will have on wheat price. Our guess is that it will also increase. – Namib Mills managing director Ian Collard said that the milling company will increase the prices of mealie meal, what flour and pasta by between five and six percent on August 20.

I DO not believe these are the tribal things; people are fighting for money. – Mac Hengari a shareholder of Petrotek, Mac Hengari, yesterday said that tribalism is not at the heart of the battle among shareholders, but people trying to maximise their benefit within the company.

From the History Books
The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose. – Dobie Gray (July 26 1940 – December 6 2011) was an American singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop, and musical theatre. His hit record ‘Drift Away’, which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, sold over one million copies, and remains a staple of radio airplay.

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