Notable Quotes

IF ever the need arises for the CEO of Swakopmund [Eckart Demasius] to go to the toilet, we encourage him to make use of one of the toilets in the DRC. – Ambrosius Marsh, a spokesperson for residents of the Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC) shantytown, said duriing a protest over better living conditions.

MOST organisations, both public and private, are simply not geared to deal with data requests and queries, and most are reluctant to put themselves in the public spotlight for any reason. – Robin Sherbourne, an economist, said that the culture of free access to information is still in it’s infancy.I want to reclaim my perspective on life, this court case has been a huge setback. I do not hate the accused, and I’m not bitter… they crushed me and they murdered my husband in the most barbaric way. – Martie Terre’blanche, widow of Murdered AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche told social worker Johan Engel that she harboured no feelings of hatred towards her husband’s killers.From the History BooksThe world is a dangerous place to live in, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. – James Hillier (August 22, 1915- January 15, 2007), OC was a Canadian-born scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938.

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