BENEFITS and allowances which are payable under the Bill once it is passed into law will come from the State Revenue Fund out of money appropriated by Parliament. – Nahas Angula, Prime Minister motivating the ‘Presidential Remuneration and other Benefits Bill’ in the National Assembly.
EVERY day’s work we lose is a lot of money. The drivers are paid per kilometre, so this has a huge impact on everything. – Melkisedek Kandjii, the manager of Shoprite Namibia about the two week-old transport strike in South Africa threatening to cripple Namibia’s cross-border transport services as well as the retail industry.
TEENAGE pregnancies result in poor health outcomes and lower birth weight amongst babies. – Petrina Haingura, Deputy Minister of Health calling on teachers to ‘stop harassing’ pupils for sex, and urging nurses to stop being judgmental towards young people seeking family planning advice.
WE believe the lawsuit has no merit, and we intend to defend the case vigorously. – The United States (US) Treasury Department, after a Chinese-owned company has filed suit against US President Barack Obama for blocking its purchase of wind farms near a US military base on national security grounds, court documents made public.
HE has a responsibility to go after and eradicate all armed rebel groups in his country. – Johnnie Carson, the top US diplomat for Africa adding that Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila must also protect women and ensure minerals are transported out of the country in a transparent fashion.
THE key pillar of the (jobs) strategy is dialogue with the private sector, because clearly it is the private sector that has been best suited to create jobs, to grow the companies to establish new companies. – Mthuli Ncube, African development Bank’s Chief economist saying Africa’s largest economy should be hitting levels of growth it has not seen in nearly half a decade.
WE have put together an internal team that will investigate the disturbing scenes. – Ronnie Schloss, Premier Soccer League Chief Executive to investigate crowd violence in South African top-fight football.
From The History Books
IF you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Raymond ‘Ray’ Kroc (October 5 1902 – January 14 1984) was an American businessman. He joined McDonald’s in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world.
TECHNOLOGY’S our friend. Our goal: Take the content and use it any way we can. – Leslie Moonves (born October 6 1949) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation.
Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people. – Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959) is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as ‘Pop Idols’, ‘The X Factor’, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘American Idols’.
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