Notable Quotes

I SAW them, they want N$75 million. I’m telling you now and I’m telling them, they can forget it.

– Dr Peingeondjabi Shipoh, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sport said this week after he dismissed demands by a group of young people camping outside the Wanaheda Police Station in Katutura.WHO told you that there is such a thing like a memorandum of understanding? I have no comment. It’s not for your consumption. – Isak Katali, the Minister of Mines and Energy told The Namibian as he refused to comment about the delay in the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigeria for the establishment of a multibillion-dollar oil refinery at Walvis Bay.SEX is enjoyment for two minutes and that two minutes can adversely affect your entire life. My plea to you is delay having sex until you are 23. – Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet told high High school pupils in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Tuesday. I’M not leaving. – Wang Chao-hung, better known to his followers and the public as ‘Teacher Wang’ made the remark seconds after the moment of the quake he predicted – 10:42:37 (02:42 GMT) – passed without incident. A self-styled Taiwan ‘prophet’ was unfased on Wednesday when a monster earthquake he had predicted failed to materialise, saying he would stay in his makeshift shelter.From The History BooksWHAT 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. – Samuel Shafiishuna Nujoma (born May 12 1929) was the first President of Namibia. He was inaugurated as President on 21 March 1990 and served until 2005. He was also President of SWAPO from its founding in 1960 until 2007.

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