Notable Quotes
I URGE staff members to remain patient as it is very difficult to find people with appropriate skills in Namibia to be able to meet our demands. – Permanent Secretary, Andrew Ndishishi, on the shortage of uniforms for hospital staff and the steps the the Ministry of Health and Social Services are currently taking in order to procure a manufacturer in Namibia.
I CANNOT allow those who are having three farms to come and have their cattle graze in the camp bought by the government for the disadvantaged. Why should I leave what is wrong? I have the mandate to rectify things. One day I will be asked what I have done when these things are happening. – Deputy Minister of Works, Kilus Nguvauva, on allowing farmers to let their cattle graze on land given to the Gqaina Primary School by the government.
AN INVESTIGATION will reveal whether all these firearms do in fact belong to the owner, whether they are all licensed and why they were buried. – Police spokesperson, Kauna Shikwambi, on a cache of alleged illegal weapons – which include two pistols, one semi-automatic rifle, nine hunting rifles, an explosive device and various calibres of unauthorised ammunition – which have been found at the farm Tsaobis near Karibib.
TEACHERS get appointed, but don’t turn up at work because they don’t want to live in rural areas. – Simon Tsuseb, the Director of Education in the Kunene Region, on the shortage of teachers at high schools in the area.
YOU must understand that you face extremely serious charges. – Magistrate Hannelie Prinsloo to Constable Johannes Geiseb who has appeared in court on a charge of corruption for soliciting a bribe.
IT’S a love story of one species helping another species survive. It is all about comforting and reassuring the cheetah. – Jack Grisham, vice president of animal collections at the St Louis Zoo and species survival plan co-ordinator for cheetahs in North America, on some zoos introducing companion dogs to serve as playmates and to provide the cats with an example on how to interact.
From the History Books
THINGS usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness. – Miranda July (born February 15 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, actress and artist. She wrote, directed and starred in the films ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’ (2005) and ‘The Future’ (2011). Her body of work includes ‘No One Belongs Here More Than You’, ‘Learning To Love You More’ and ‘It Chooses You’.
WRITING is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pick-pocketing. – Mauren Johnson (born February 16 1973) is an American author of young adult fiction. She has published 10 young adult novels to date. Her body of work includes the ‘Shades of London’ series and the ‘Suite Scarlett’ series.
I THINK there is something beautiful in revelling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me. – Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17 1981) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As a child star, he was known for his role in the film ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and the TV series ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’. More recently he has starred in ‘Inception’, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and ‘Lincoln’.