THE WEEK IN WORDS
I told him that everything’s going to be all right. And Donald Trump
has been impeached. – Teresa Elliott tells her dying ex-husband, Michael, what he wanted to hear about what he thought was a ‘loathsome individual’ so he could die with a happy thought.
He must just vacate in peace. He doesn’t need the drama. He is an old man. He must go home and look after his children… We are not in The Bold and the Beautiful here. – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula reacts to a media statement by former Hawks boss Major-General Berning Ntlemeza insisting he would report for duty, despite a high court judgment preventing him from doing so.
This once again demonstrates Ntlemeza’s total disregard for the rule of law. He is now drinking from his own poisoned chalice. He should respect the decisions made by our courts and stop acting like he is a law unto himself. If you have a general in the police who disregards the courts, that sends a very bad message to the public about our law enforcement agencies. – Former KZN Hawks head MajorGeneral Johan Booysen on the Ntlemeza saga.
In South Africa we have justice and fairness. I decide my future. I can rule South Africa, there’s no doubt about it. The SABC is not Alpha and Omega for me. I’m stress-free, I’m enjoying life. – Former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng after a briefing in which he slated the interim board chaired by businesswoman Khanyisile Kweyama.
For some drivers, it’s about arriving in record time. Drivers also tend to disregard the rules. They overtake without using indicators and over solid lines. They don’t use seat belts. – Automobile Association spokesperson Layton Beard says South African drivers tend to have a “poor attitude” on the roads.
We are seeing a growing trend of (Indian) people being infected (with HIV). It is important for them to start talking about it, educating themselves and not making it seem like it is someone else’s disease. – Dr Dhee Naidoo, lead author of a Human Sciences Research Council study, says the power dynamic in some relationships plays a “vital role” in women contracting the virus,and that Indians were in denial that Aids was a problem in the community.
Most of the time, these invasions are instigated by shack lords who rent shacks out to others. – Human Settlements and Public Works MEC Ravi Pillay,in his Budget speech in Pietermaritzburg yesterday.