Notable Qoutes
THE closure of the school is against the government’s constitutional obligation to provide education to all Namibians. – Minister of Education, Dr Abraham Iyambo speaking about the closure of the Haihambo Primary School in the Ohangwena Region, by Swapo supporters.
RDP is a party of unity. – Jesaya Nyamu, RDP secretary-general, speaking at a press conference on Tuesday on the reinstatement of three senior party members.
YOU will lose if you toss your subjects this way and that way, without consultation. You will be alone and you will lose. – Herero Chief Kuaima Riruako emphasising the need for the Ovaherero nation to re-examine itself, during the annual Red Flag Heroes’ Day commemoration on Sunday.
I WISH to change our culture and to unite us all as Namibians by motivating the whole public of Namibia to give the Paralympics team of Namibia a hero’s welcome when they return on September 11. – Mike Hamukwaya the chairperson of the National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia calling on all Namibians to give the team a hero’s welcome upon their return from London.
WE need the President, through his Minister of Transport to call these agencies to order and to stop wasting Government money. One national campaign is good enough! – Felix Tjozongoro the Managing Director of the Namibia Traffic Management Solution, charged that Government is also to blame as a contributor to road accidents.
OUR team remained calm before the race and we each knew what we had to do. – Oscar Pistorius the South African team took the gold for men’s 4x100 metre relay on Wednesday, at the Paralympics.
Today in history
I KNOW I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too. – Elizabeth I (September 7 1533 – March 24 1603) was queen regnant of England and Ireland from November 17 1558 until her death.
IN actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. - August Wilhelm Schlegel (September 8 1767 – May 12 1845) was a German poet, translator, critic and a foremost leader of German Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare made the English dramatist’s works into German classics.
WHAT women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way. – Mary Hunter Austin (September 9 1868 – August 13 1934) was an American writer.