Notable Quotes

AS far as I am concerned, you have to search for the answers at the parental home which has failed society. – Veronica De Klerk, the Executive Director of Women’s Action for Development (WAD) says that Namibia finds itself in a social crisis, calling the recent spate of rapes “horrific” while calling on societal leaders to “work together to root out these terrible atrocities”.

Everything that happens here is a one man show. The councillor makes all the decisions without consulting the community on anything. – A community activist residing at the Groot Aub settlement is only one of the residents at Groot Aub who have been complaining about the constant water and electricity shortages amongst many other problems they face.

I CAN’T believe it, I welcome the judges’ courage. – Saskia Ditisheim, a lawyer from a Swiss legal aid group, applauded the decision by a Cameroonian judge to acquit two young men who were convicted of gay sex and sentenced to five years in prison.

From The History Books
FANCY with prophetic glance sees the teeming months advance; The field, the forest, green and gay; The dappled slope, the tedded hay; Sees the reddening orchard blow, The Harvest wave, the vintage flow. – Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. From 1785 to 1790 he was the Poet Laureate of England.

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