THE WEEK IN WORDS
The commission must seek to uncover the conduct of not just some but all of those who may have rendered our state or parts thereof vulnerable to control by forces other than the public for which the government is elected. There should be no area of corruption and culprit that should be spared the extent of this commission of inquiry.
– President Jacob Zuma announcing the launch of a commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture this week. His call to extend the scope of the probe was backed by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. This young girl was a victim of terrible circumstances. May she rest in peace. This has been a complex investigation that led in so many directions taking us into a dark underworld.
– Mike Myers, chief executive of security company MobiClaw on the tragic death of Durban North woman, Siam Lee, whose burnt body was found on a farm in New Hanover after she disappeared last week. We were in utter disbelief after being told our marriage would go against the temple’s values and that they would not do it as it was ‘not correct’. This is discrimination. We are paying clients. Yes, our wedding is different as we are two men, but why can’t we have our venue of choice?
– A young gay couple who were denied permission for their wedding to be held at the Umgeni Road Hindu Temple. I can say almost with certainty that cryptocurrencies will come to a bad end.
– Warren Buffett, multi-billionaire and chairperson of Berkshire Hathaway, commenting on the rise of cryptocurrency (online currency) Bitcoin in an interview with CNBC. We understand that many people are upset about the image of the children’s hoodie. We, who work at H&M, can only agree. We’re deeply sorry that the picture was taken and we also regret the actual print. Therefore, we’ve not only removed the image from our channels but also the garment from our product offering.
– Swedish clothing giant H&M after outrage on social media over a picture of a black child wearing a hoodie which read“coolest monkey in the jungle”. One of the puppies was in the hands of a 9-year-old boy and the shooter took the shot while (the puppy was) still in the hands of the young boy.
– Meg Wilson, NSPCA national spokesperson, in a statement this week on its investigations into video footage which showed dogs being shot. I don’t know how fast I can get. Sometimes I don’t think the speed gun is telling the truth, to be honest. I can feel when I’m bowling quick and when I’m not. – Proteas cricketer Kagiso Rabada, ranked the world’s top Test bowler, after South Africa’s victory in the first Test against India at Newlands. The cavity left behind was enormous. This was something few people had ever seen, a person without a heart being kept alive by a machine only eight steps away.
– Tollie Lambrechts, former theatre sister at Groote Schuur Hospital, recalling the moment that heart surgeon Chris Barnard took Louis Washkansky’s heart out of his chest before replacing it with a donor heart, making headlines as the world’s first heart transplant in December 1967.