Notable Quotes

ANYBODY who is fantasising or politically ‘hallucinating’ needs to be hypnotised with the truth..... – Elijah Ngurare, who was re-elected as the leader of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) speaking at the congress which was held over the weekend.

WE do not go there by virtue of being Maharero descendants but it is all our leaders who are buried at the graves. – Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA)Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako said that it is not only direct descendants of the Maharero Royal House who can officiate at the Herero graves.

WHAT we found is that in most of the countries those who pray several times a day are more likely to find drinking alcohol morally objectionable than those who pray less. – Neha  Sahgal, a Pew research associate told Reuters that views on alcohol consumption in Africa tend to relate to how religious a person is.

IT’s the sort of apology you give when you are not really sorry. – Wendy Rowe told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, she was born 50 years ago without arms or legs after her mother took thalidomide. The firm that produced the drug sent out an apology 50 years after many women gave birth to babies with defects.

From the History Books
WE only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we’ve got to be happy. I don’t let the outside world deter me. – Dawn Fraser (September 4 1937) AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer and politician. She is one of only three swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 metres freestyle.

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