Notable Quotes

Rape is not about sex, it has more to do with power. People who rape do it beause they want to (feel to be in) control of a situation or another person. – Siegried Neumann from Men For Healthy Relationships said this in reference to the escalating cases of rape and murder, especially against women.

You cannot bribe someone with a bursary. – Swapo Secretary General, Nangolo Mbumba was quoted saying when asked why it was mostly the children of government elite who benefited from the Chinese bursaries.

Is love now by force? If a woman says ‘no’, she means it. I think we as women must punish men and abstain for three months or more... Maybe now we have to demonstrate and sleep on our stomachs for men to see that we are fed up of this continuation of gender-based violence and passion killing every day. – The Deputy Secretary General of Swapo, Laura McLeod-Katjirua said this during a Central Committee meeting of the Swapo Party Women’s Council at Oshakati on Saturday.

From the History Books
I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation. – Born 14 May 1953, Norodom Sihamoni is the King of Cambodia since 29 October 2004. He was Cambodia’s ambassador to Unesco and named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004. Before ascending the throne, Sihamoni was best known for his work as a cultural ambassador in Europe and as a classical dance instructor.

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