Noteable Quotes

THE opposition apparently must oppose everything proposed by the ruling party. – Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana commenting on a media report in The Namibian on a parliamentary debate

WE will never apologise to some Mickey Mouses (sic) who want to put pressure on us. – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema after an Equality Court hearing about his statement that Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser had a ‘nice time’IT will show that he is sensitive to the high rate of rape in this country. – Gender activist Mbuyisela Botha on why he wants a public apology from MalemaMAY you please persuade President Zuma to force Mugabe to go please, please, please. He has destroyed my future and the life of my family back home. Please help. – A Star reader in an SMS to US President Barack Obama.[A] NICE young man but he likes to talk. It could mean that he is not judged on his achievements on the rugby field, but on his achievements with his mouth. – Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile saying Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers should watch his mouth, quoted by Sport 24.WHERE is the evidence that these people are fighting? People can’t just keep saying these people are fighting when you don’t see a nose that is bleeding. – Congress of the People leader Terror Lekota dismissing reports of infighting after some senior officials had stepped down from their posts in the partyHE called me a wimp and called my son a wimp. He said my son was a sissy and I should take him out of the school and put him in a girls’ school. He said I was disgusting and a pervert. – The father of a boy bullied at St Benedict’s College in Johannesburg, telling The Star about a phone call he received from the alleged bully’s fatherWE more than anybody are friends of football… The workers just wanted the benefits of 2010 to be shared with everybody, not only the employers. – Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on the construction workers’ strike in South AfricaWE want to say to the SABC damage-ment, because they are not management … this is the beginning of our action. We are not going back to work as long as our demands are not met. – Communications Workers’ Union president Mathapelo MphutiNINETY-EIGHT percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two per cent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. – Mary Jean ‘Lily’ Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer.From the history booksI’VE found him – found our man! – Dr Mary Leakey, on July 17 1959, Leakey discovered the oldest human skull (600 000 years old) in KenyaIF you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. – Nelson Mandela was born on July 18 1918IT crosses a moral boundary. – US President George W Bush. On July 19, 2006, Bush cast his first veto to block legislation to expand embryonic stem cell research, putting him at odds with top scientists, most Americans and some fellow Republicans