Notable Quotes
We can have as many doctors and engineers in this country as we care, but we still need the labour force to develop this country. We cannot attain Vision 2030 if we do not have our own in-house expertise that can transform our natural resources. – Rundu Vocational Training Training Centre Principal, Eric Tjandja said early this week in Rundu.
These are the Chinese that we don’t need in our country. The one who called on our Head of State and the one who asked workers to take a plastic bag of s**t … we are not the colony of somebody that we should be given s**t to go throw away. – Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Doreen Sioka said during her visit to Oshakati.
The Namibian people and the government failed to change colonial laws, bylaws and regulations after independence. – NISO Secretary General Veripi Kandenge said this in reference to the dispute on who to sell Herero Mall to.
This shall be a beginning for a fierce movement to clean this country from election malpractices and fraud, for there is no opportunity for renewal without a clean and fair election. – Anwar Ibrahim insisted his three-party Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Pact) alliance would not back down from its insistence that victory was stolen from it last Sunday in Malaysia.
We have confirmation they were bound and there were chains and ropes in the hall. – Cleveland police chief Michael McGrath told NBC television about a 52-year-old US man has been charged with kidnapping and rape in connection with the abduction in Cleveland of three women who went missing a decade ago.
Without him I would never have achieved what I have done in my career. He understood how important it was to play for your country and he knew how much it meant to me. – David Beckham paid tribute to father figure Alex Ferguson after the Manchester United manager announced he would retire at the end of the season.
We urge President Zuma to make himself available for this debate so that he can answer for his role in this saga. – South Africa’s Democratic Alliance has asked that President Jacob Zuma be present at a debate on the use of Waterkloof Airforce Base by the Gupta family, chief whip Watty Watson said yesterday.
From the History Books
The country and society is strong enough to tell the truth with a straight back. – Born 10 May 1928 Arnold Rüütel served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR. He was the second President since Estonia regained independence in 1991.
If you don’t meet the standards, then you don’t qualify. – Born 11 May 1970, Harold Eugene Ford, Jr is an American politician and was the last chairman of the now-defunct Democratic Leadership Council.
What our people want is to be involved in the decision-making process and to actively participate in decisions, which will ultimately affect them... They then will take ownership of these decisions and ensure that they are successfully implemented. – Born 12 May 1929 Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma is a Namibian politician who was the first President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005. He led the South-West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) in its long struggle against South African rule and took office as President when Namibia obtained independence on 21 March 1990. He was subsequently re-elected in 1994 and 1999, remaining in office until March 2005. He was President of Swapo from its founding in 1960 until 2007.