Quotes of the week

“However, as the office of government press, we have been made aware that indeed, a reasonably huge consignment to the value of 70 per cent of drugs has been delivered according to the figures of the supplier and as confirmed by the Ministry of Health Principal Secretary, Khanya Mabuza, who is working so hard together with the Minister of Health, Mduduzi Matsebula, to resolve these matters,” said Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo.

“The hailstorm knocked down the fruit before it was ripe this year. This time around, I will definitely put a higher price because I really struggled to get the fruit,” said Bonisile Nkomo of Ethembeni.

“Considering that our Correctional clinics are not yet equipped with the palliative care unit to provide these services, I therefore recommend that the patient (Masimula) be discharged home, where he will benefit from the tender-loving care from his family members, which he needed the most at this particular stage of his sickness,” said His Majesty’s Correctional Services Chief Medical Officer Doctor Mulume Ngoie in a letter that was presented in court.

“We cannot have enough cars because every government department, including the Royal Eswatini Police Service, wants vehicles. We should move away from always asking. There are many ‘children’ in this ‘family’,” said Minister of ICT Savannah Maziya.

“I got an opportunity to learn so much about leadership, running an organisation, learned about the different issues and how to deliver on strategies. We will be cheating the youth if we do not include them in the process. It makes no sense to ignore young people. We need the technical people in the Boards to be youth people, because someone who has done technology in 1916 and someone who has done it today, are two different people,” said Minister Maziya.