Notable Quotes

It became apparent that political leadership in the fight against corruption had been limited to the President’s speeches and there was no sufficient political will among the rest of elected political representatives at executive and legislative levels. – Opposition leader Ben Ulenga tabled a motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday, calling for a debate on how to reduce corruption.

It could be fatal to cling to a rigid application of affirmative action in the event of low economic growth. – Monitor Action Group (MAG) leader Kosie Pretorius says in an open letter that the Transformation of Economic and Social Empowerment Framework (TESEF), intended to give black economic empowerment (BEE) a boost, is wrong Production is a problem but not as much as consumption. – Namibian Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Hophni Hamufungu on the findings of the World Drug Report 2010, released this week. The report found that dagga remains the world most produced and used illicit drug.We had barely come inside when we were overpowered by the four men. They were neatly dressed, polite and looked like they were trained. – Kurt Mulder, owner and manager of Hamilton Parks Country Lodge after four ‘decent’ robbers tied up and robbed Australian tourists on Thursday morning at a luxury resort in Mpumalanga, they asked their victims if they were ‘at least enjoying the Soccer World Cup’.The price of the huge sum is her silence: no interviews, tell-all books, or TV appearances about this for the rest of her life – even if Tiger dies first – or she’ll lose the lot. – According to a friend of Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, the couple’s divorce is imminent and the deal will net Nordegren a record £500 million (N$5,7 billion).Airhorns or sound amplifiers including loudhailers’ and ‘musical instruments’ and ‘whistles’ are prohibited from next year’s venues. – Rugby World Cup website indicates that vuvuzelas will play no part in rugby’s showpiece event next year in New Zealand.This directive became necessary following Nigeria’s poor performance in the ongoing World Cup. – Special presidential adviser Ima Niboro told reporters the decision by Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan has suspended his nation’s football team from international competition for two years after a poor showing at the World Cup.How can they expect Nabta to enforce the law. – Magnus Nangombe, president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association as a war of words erupt on the enforcement of lightboxes on taxis.What an old man will see while sitting, a small child cannot see it even standing on top of mountain! – African proverbFrom the history booksI only gave voice to words of freedom and brotherhood, words they couldn’t accept. Just words. – Patrice Émery Lumumba (July 2 1925 – January 17 1961) was a Congolese independence leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo after he helped win its independence from Belgium in June 1960. Only ten weeks later, Lumumba’s government was deposed in a coup during the Congo Crisis. He was subsequently imprisoned and murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends. – Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, born July 3 1962, better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards.Yitzhak, that’s a joke! Here you are concerned with perfection, and… And we don’t have a choice! – Shimon Peres, currently the Israeli President talking to Yitzhak Rabin as they debated a raid on Entebbe. Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976. A week earlier, on June 27, an Air France plane with 300 passengers was hijacked by Palestinians and flown to Entebbe, near Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Shortly after landing, all non-Jewish passengers were released.