Noteable Quotes

PEOPLE who work in those offices, majority of them, [think] they rule the world. – SA Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on officials in her department’s offices after Durban resident S’khumbuzo Ngcobo allegedly commited suicide when he was refused an ID

LET’S be honest: we haven’t exactly lost a cure for AIDS here. Huntley is an unemployed irrigation sprinkler salesman who ended up in Canada working as a carnival attendant until his visa ran out, then stayed on illegally. With his departure, South Africa is one redneck lighter. – Chris McEvoy writing on Channel24.co.za after Hunter, who is white, was granted refugee status in CanadaA FRIEND friend of mine was running to catch the train and he screamed: ‘Hey Kaffers, hou die deur oop vir my!’ (Hold the door open for me) A couple of black guys at the door were not amused. – Shawn Kaffers of Mitchells Plain, on his unusual family name, quoted in the Sunday Sun.I AM a defender of women, I am an activist. The latest woman I defended was the golden girl [Caster Semenya] who was subject to harassment. – ANCYL leader Julius Malema defending himself in the Equality Court against a hate speech complaint relating to a comment he made about President Jacob Zuma’s rape accuserUNLIKE the taxis there is no skipping red traffic lights, driving towards oncoming traffic or in the emergency lanes, or dangerous overtaking. – Rose Kubu from Naledi, Soweto speaking to The Star about the new bus system.I STAND by what I say because I’m not a coward… This Mickey Mouse organisation [Sonke Gender Justice Network], even if the court finds us guilty, the court must know it will be very difficult to get an apology from us. – Malema speaking outside the Equality Court.ONCE one commuter dies this time, we are going to take this situation back to 1976. If they don’t want to be part of the transformation they must step aside. – SA Commuters’ Organisation president Stephen Sangweni on the minibus taxi industry’s opposition to the Bus Rapid Transit system.IT appears that only the very best will do for the leaders of the working class. – SA’s Democratic Alliance MP Wilmot James responding to the higher education department buying a N$1.1 million BMW for Minister Blade Nzimande, also the SA Communist Party’s general secretary.From the history booksI’M a bit like a sponge. When I’m not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little and out it comes, not water but ink. – Belgian writer Georges Simenon, creator of the detective character Inspector Maigret, died on September 4 1989 THIS evening, there is less love, less compassion, less light in the world. – French President Jacques Chirac on the death of Mother Teresa. On September 5, 1997, Mother Teresa died of a heart attack in Calcutta, where she established her Missionaries of Charity order. She opened her first Calcutta slum school in 1949THERE were tenors, and then there was Pavarotti. – Italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli on the Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, whose titanic voice and charisma brought opera to the masses. Pavarotti died on September 6 2007