THE WEEK IN WORDS
I saw Mandela with the Springboks, and I saw that this thing is beautiful. It was the first time in my life I had seen rugby. I was like wow! I saw Jonah Lomu, who was a tough guy. I had that seed of wanting to do it. – Inanda Primary School teacher Misokuhle Mbanjwa, 60, coaches about 200 children from under-9 to under-13 age groups, who train five days a week. The key to success is doing what you believe in and acting purposefully and authentically. Undertake every responsibility and every task with passion and integrity, even if that’s not where you’d like to be and believe you deserve better. Excelling in humble responsibilities opens the door to greater and more worthy roles in life. – Former public protector Thuli Madonsela. It’s just the beginning for me, you’ll be seeing more of me in the 1 500. – 800m specialist runner Caster Semenya after winning bronze in the 1 500m at the IAAF World Champs. Zuma serves the opposition very well because he has become the common enemy and the rallying point for the opposition. – Political analyst Bheki Mngomezulu comments after the vote of no-confidence in President Jacob Zuma failed. You are not friends with someone unless they’ve been to your house or you’ve been to their house. That’s my rule, and if that hasn’t happened you are an acquaintance more than a friend. I wish I was friends with these (celebrities), I know them but a friend is someone you can call when you’re stuck on the side of the road and you need petrol… – Trevor Noah reveals his measure of real friends. My sister says I am an alien also. – 9-year-old Jack Davis in a handwritten letter to ask if he could apply for the Nasa post“Planetary Protection Officer”. The New Jersey boy described himself as a “Guardian of the Galaxy”. Nasa responded by encouraging him to work hard so he could join the agency one day. It is morally contentious and irrational for the state to ban one substance with low harm, while almost encouraging the use of another more harmful substance. The state not only allows and promotes alcohol consumption, but has the moral obligation to allow people a safer alternative such as dagga. – British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt testifies during the trial of the “Dagga Couple” Myrtle Clarke and Julian Stobbs.