Notable Quotes

WE have requested the directorate of Rural Water Supply and the elected leaders to address the water shortage, but it seems that our pleas have fallen flat. The only time you see an elected leader in this area is during election campaigns. – Daniel Fleermuis, a communal farmer at farm Amalia in the Gibeon constituency of the Hardap Region, on the drought in the area which has caused 12 goats to die of thirst in the past three days.

WE cannot allow these things to happen in our societies. The shooting itself is not the right thing to do too. It is not acceptable. – Kavango Governor Maurus Nekaro, condemns the mob justice which led to the death of a man at Muroro village, east of Rundu, on Sunday. The mob attacked the man because he allegedly shot and killed a labourer at a commercial farm in the area.

WHILE the people were cutting off the branches from the main tree, it just started getting up. [The tree] out of the blue just started getting up until it was straight. – Daniel ‘Dragon’ Mukisi, a local business man, on a tree in the Kahukuru village on the outskirts of Rundu, which miraculously erected itself on Tuesday after it had fallen over last Thursday due to strong winds and heavy rainfall.

From the History Books
I ACCREDIT animals for keeping me going when times were bad. – Carole ‘Kelly’ Bishop (born February 28 1944) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series ‘Gilmore Girls’, and as the mother of Jennifer Grey’s character in the film ‘Dirty Dancing’.

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