THE WEEK IN WORDS
All with of great us should courage. lead I our will people try to disappoint work very the hard people and not of South to Africa. addressing – Cyril Parliament Ramaphosa after his election as the country’s fifth democratic president of South Africa. I’m not clinging to power. I just wanted respect for rule of law and my rights… As I leave, I will continue to serve the people of South Africa as the ANC, the organisation I’ve served all my life. – Jacob Zuma in his resignation speech late on Wednesday night, as he continued to question what he had done wrong as the country’s president. The Hawks have done the right thing, but it still raises the difficulty that the Hawks should have been operating without fear, favour or prejudice. It means they should not only be acting once Zuma is on his last legs. – Paul Hoffman, Institute of Accountability, after the raid on the Gupta family’s Saxonwold compound by the Hawks on Wednesday morning. There is no truth that UBABA is corrupt. I trust him. I can only believe UBABA is accused of having a relationship with another woman, because I know that as a man he loves women. But if they say he is corrupt, there is nothing of that sort. – Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma, senior family member of the Zuma clan, on Zuma being recalled. Three months would have been more than enough for the man to completely take the country down with him. We would have been left with nothing. He would have left complete disaster behind. – Dr Makhosi Khoza, leader of newly formed African Democratic Change (ADEC) party, commenting on demands by Jacob Zuma that he be given more time before stepping down as the country’s president. The plan was to try to stay out of the trouble at the start and to set our own pace, and if guys ran off the front we would just let them go. It was a bit of a shock that we were the first boat going over the first portage and we set a good pace throughout. – Andy Birkett on the first day of the 2018 FNB Dusi Canoe Marathon as he and Hank McGregor took the lead. They salivate through their claws. – Vanessa Meyer, Zululand vet, on animals infected with rabies and the importance of education in the wake of the death from rabies of a 6-year-old boy from Nseleni, close to Richards Bay. Thanking you for your support and love. I am a very simple person who believes in showing love to everyone regardless of country, colour or religion. I have played cricket all over the world and have only made friends. – SA cricketer Imran Tahir tweeting this week after a video clip emerged of a cricket fan and Tahir in an altercation during the South Africa v India match at The Wanderers stadium last weekend. The fan allegedly directed a verbal racist attack at Tahir.