THE WEEK IN WORDS
He told me he’ll send me an invoice because he’s been putting me out there quite a lot. It’s an honour to be able to learn and rub shoulders with a great like Usain. – Wayde van Niekerk comments on his status as Usain Bolt’s heir apparent after the track superstar again singled out Van Niekerk as one of the athletes to become the new sprint poster child.
The DA is sick and tired of the ongoing looting of public funds in eThekwini Municipality under mayor Zandile Gumede. – DA KZN leader Zwakele Mncwango after a city hall picket before a council meeting this week.
You cannot come here and lie to the public. Speaker, I take this personally because this boy is doing his own things. – eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede hits back at Zwakele Mncwango at the council meeting.
There is no authenticity of Gupta leaks… No one has authenticity of these e-mails. – Atul Gupta tells the BBC in a radio interview on Tuesday that the e-mails were nothing but “perception mongering” by those who wanted to drive their own agenda”.
Responding officers let the husband know the honeymoon was over and his new wife was going to jail. – Sergeant Kyle Evans of the Murfreesboro Police Department after Kate Prichard, 25, of Tennessee, pulled a 9mm pistol from her wedding dress hours after saying “I do”, pointed it at her husband and pulled the trigger. Her husband, James Burton, was not injured.
I know that when I put my moisturiser on, it probably does f*** all but it just makes me feel better. – Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, 72, who is the face of L’Oreal’s Age Perfect range, at a promotional event for the brand.
His game plan looks the best out of all our batters. He showed a massive amount (of) fight, his ability to adapt in the different scenarios has been a massive positive. – Dean Elgar praises Temba Bavuma in the run-up to this weekend’s final Test between the Proteas and England.
We feel as if we have been discriminated against. We treat our employees like family. We want him to know his power does not mean he can say anything he feels because he is the leader of the EFF. – Daleep Lutchman, chairperson of the South African Minority Rights Equality Movement, which opened a case of crimen injuria against Julius Malema in Pietermaritzburg in the wake of his accusation that people of Indian origin ill-treated black employees.