Notable Quotes
These figures [contained in the NLFS 2012] should not be seen as indicating declines when compared to the previous labour force survey. – Statistician General John Steytler, said after releasing the Namibia Labour Force Survey (NLFS) 2012 earlier this week.
SO while people are suffering from drought, ministers are going to drive by in their new Mercedes, aircon on, sipping on oasis water. – @kakekashe commented on ‘government buying new Mercedes Benzes for ministers on Twitters.
IF Africans don’t have papers, then deport them, don’t put them in jail. – Ikeorah Junior, a Nigerian cafe owner in Mumbai speaking out on the indiscriminate racism and constant police harassment of Africans in Mumbai.
IF YOU are a young white graduate you are likely to have an uncle in the furniture business. If you are a young African graduate you’ll battle at the labour market. – ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said when he added his voice to the debate on whether apartheid can still be blamed for South Africa’s problems.
TODAY marks the start of the 1 000 day countdown to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the 2015 deadline. It is an appropriate moment to pause and to reflect on progress to date – Global religious leaders warned the Group of Eight industrialised nations not to use the financial crisis as an excuse to delay fulfilling poverty reduction targets in the Millennium Development Goals.
From The History Books
WHEN I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, ‘One day I could be the president. I think I am good material for the presidency.’ Not at all. – Born in Nkandla, South Africa, on 12 April 1942, Jacob Zuma became president of South Africa in 2009. In 2007, he won the presidency of the African National Congress, which he joined in 1959. Zuma served as deputy president of South Africa from 1999 to 2005. He is a controversial politician, involving himself in several legal scandals associated with corruption and racketeering. A polygamist, Zuma has 20 children.
I NEVER considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on 13 April 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He was a draftsman of the US Declaration of Independence; the nation’s first secretary of state (1789 – 94); second vice president (1797 – 1801); and, as the third president (1801 – 09), the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson died in bed at Monticello (located near Charlottesville, Virginia) on 4 July 1826.
I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people. – François Duvalier was born on 14 April 1907, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He studied medicine and President Dumarsais Estimé appointed him director general of the National Public Health Service in 1946. When Estimé was overthrown, Duvalier organised a resistance and was elected president in 1957. He remained in power for 14 years. He operated a regime of terror, causing nearly 30,000 deaths.