WE appeal to our lawmakers to open their ears for the recommendations of civil society. – Carola Engelbrecht of the Nangof Trust Election Coalition saying that civil society has been left out of consultations on the Electoral Amendment Bill which was tabled in Parliament last week
WE must start from the simple premise that Africa’s future is up to Africans. – US President Barack Obama speaking in Accra, Ghana over the weekendWE have around three – five new customers coming in daily to take advantage of the discount. – Thomas Goetz, owner of the ‘Maison d’envie’ brothel in Berlin which is offering discounts to patrons arriving on bicycles. He added the green rebate has helped alleviate traffic and parking congestion in the neighbourhood.IN all institutions from which the cold wind of open criticism is excluded, an innocent corruption begins to grow like a mushroom – for example, in senates and learned societies. – Friedrich Nietzsche, German classical scholar, philosopher and critic of culture (1844 -1900.)WE prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility. – Kwame Nkrumah (1909 – 1972), first prime minister and later first president of GhanaMAY you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door. – Irish blessingFrom the history booksMEDICINE is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. – Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, author of ‘The Cherry Orchard’, died on July 15 1904
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