Notable Quotes

The prices for our products remain the same despite soaring production costs and looming drought that can have far-reaching consequences on the farmers’ production. – Small livestock farmers in the South plan to petition Government to open the border for the export of live animals to South Africa.

The prices for our products remain the same despite soaring production costs and looming drought that can have far-reaching consequences on the farmers’ production. – Small livestock farmers in the South plan to petition Government to open the border for the export of live animals to South Africa.

For taxpayers, the party to which Kandetu belongs to or does not, should be immaterial. He must execute his duties well. Period! Calls for him to resign are therefore shortsighted in the absence of an audit of his performance. – Alfredo Hengari in Friday’s Post Scriptum column. Swapo has called for Kandetu’s immediate dismissal as NBC DG following the appearance of the RDP flag behind President Pohamba during the delivery of his New Year’s speech on NBC.

He’s got heart. He cares about people. – South African aid worker Sweetness Mzolisa, who says she will always be grateful to George Bush for his war on Aids. The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has helped to treat 2 million Africans and support 10 million more.

What is wrong with the president of the republic going in and out of court? – In his reaction to a judgement by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal reinstating a host of charges against Jacob Zuma, ANCYL leader Julius Malema said the ANC had known that Zuma would lose the appeal, but he also said it would be in the best interests of the country if the National Prosecuting Authority dropped all charges.

I love you like I have never loved. Taki, don’t let my heart die! – A passionate love letter written by French singer Edith Piaf to Greek actor Dimitris Horn, also known as Takis, more than half a century ago, went under the hammer in Greece on Friday. Piaf, who died of cancer at the age of 47 in 1963, wrote the letter to Horn in 1946 – the year she recorded ‘La Vie en Rose’.

From the history books
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech. – W. Somerset Maugham (English dramatist & novelist, 1874 – 1965)