Notable Quotes

Women in Namibia are being killed day and night by men who claim to be their lovers. They live like slaves and are subjected to all forms of unimaginable atrocities. – Judge Naomi Shivute told Michael Uirab during his sentencing in the High Court in Windhoek on Wednesday.

There was no fight. She wanted to beat me on the face and then I beat her on her face. How can you be beaten in the face and have a miscarriage? – Namline Kaukuata said after an accusation by her cousin Utjitaye Kangunde who said that Kaukuata was to blame for her miscarriage. On the same day I was suspended, I quit. But then I was told the suspension was not valid and I was told to come back. It was not my decision. – Okahandja’s Regina Alugodhi has finally admitted defeat and agreed to vacate her office. I don’t know why these vacancies cannot be filled with Namibians. – Arnold Tjihuiko of the Nudo opposition party said on Wednesday the Public Service Commission had to ensure that Namibians had equal access to government jobs.We don’t want it to carry on. We don’t want it to become a saga. We’ve got the team to consider. – Alex Ferguson vowed to draw a line under the saga of Wayne Rooney’s departure from Manchester United here Wednesday after the player accused the club of lacking ambition.I’m not a prophet. It’s hard for me to answer, it depends on the evidence that is brought forward. – Head of the FIFA’s ethics committee Claudio Sulser said. The contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, due to be decided by soccer’s governing body FIFA has been discredited and thrown into uncertainty by allegations of vote-selling.We looked at the faith-based category of magazines and found they were not selling. – Woolworths spokesperson Julian Novak said on Wednesday. The retailer has vowed to put five Christian magazines back on its shelves, following a public outcry over the withdrawal of the titles earlier this week.I can proudly stand on that platform and say a black man is more powerful in Zimbabwe than anywhere else in the world. – Zimbabwe’s representative in the Big Brother All Stars reality television show, Munyaradzi Chidzonga, said upon his return to Zimbabwe on Wednesday where he met president Robert Mugabe. In addition, a bank account with US$300 000 has been opened for Munya in his native Zimbabwe. You may address me as ‘lovely lady’, but not ‘tannie’. I don’t like ‘tannie’. – Magistrate Janine Ungerer. A suspected car thief who appeared in court in Polokwane along with his mother on Wednesday, infuriated the magistrate by addressing her as ‘tannie’.A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times. – Somali proverbHow do you remove a clean person and replace him with a corrupt person. – The Mkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA) chairperson Kebby Maphatsoe said at a media briefing on Tuesday. MKMVA will lay charges against the SABC board after the suspension of group chief executive Solly Mokoetle.From The History BooksDisneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world. – The 100-millionth guest passed throught the gates of Walt Disney World on October 22, 1979.We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas. – John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008), best known as Michael Crichton, was an American author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. – French designer Christian Dior French designer, died in Italy on October 24, 1957 at 52. He was an influential French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world’s top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.

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