Notable Quotes

This year’s Budget will be interesting, but we do not expect it to be as expansionary as last year’s given the constraints on revenue. – Old Mutual Namibia Group Economist Robin Sherbourne believes the Minister of Finance will follow a conservative approach when she tables her seventh main budget within the next two weeks.

Nowhere in the notice for the vacancy is party affiliation stated as a requirement to this public office. – Information Minister Joel Kaapanda last week in Parliament rejected opposition allegations of political interference at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation.We all hope here and, perhaps the heavens can help us, that Nelson Mandela will be able to be there on June 11 at Soccer City in Johannesburg when we kick off. – FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the World Cup in South Africa would not be possible without the influence of former president Nelson Mandela.We want rather to say to people, the old South African flag is not a recognised national flag anymore and we don’t want people unnecessarily to embarrass South Africa and to embarrass Cape Town. – Cape Town mayor Dan Plato said what had happened at upcountry sporting events where people displayed the old flag had ’caused some embarrassment’. The old South African flag has been banned from Cape Town’s 2010 soccer stadium, along with items such as teargas and pointy umbrellas. – Cape TimesFrom the history booksBefore anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.