Noteable Quotes

TELL your customers something about the product that is related to their country. – President of the All American Small Business Exporters Association, Dr Sharon Freeman, at a workshop for entrepreneurs in Windhoek this week

WE received a bouquet of flowers but other than that, nothing. – Miss Personality winner in this year’s Miss Namibia contest, Selma Usiku, expressing disappointment at the lack of prizes for winners at the pageant this yearWE are looking for the suspects who were colour-stained pink when the security device in a cash box activated. – Eastern Cape police spokeswoman, Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, after thieves stole two cash boxes from security guards at a fast-food outlet in Port Elizabeth on MondayI CANNOT sit around and do nothing. – Namibian journalist Des Erasmus, 72, celebrating 50 years in the businessWE urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection. – Russian soccer supporters head, Alexander Shprygin, saying fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month’s World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virusDO not mend your neighbour’s fence before seeing to your own. – Tanzanian proverbFrom the history booksFOR inspiring hope in a period of despair, we salute them. – State of the Nation Address of South African President Kgalema Motlanthe on February 9 this year where he paid tribute to a group of anti-apartheid activists. Former South African Student’s Organisation official, Mapetla Mohapi, died in custody on August 5 1976