THE WEEK IN WORDS
(India) needs to send at least 500 people to death in the next one year to end this (rape) endemic. – Supreme Court lawyer Dushyant Dave, after a man was sentenced to death in 23 days for the rape and murder of a 3-month-old girl in India. Legal rights activists are concerned about the speed of the trial.
Parliament does not have the luxury of not doing anything. For me, the biggest threat to our democracy is financial mismanagement and corruption, because those things can lead to an uprising. Therefore any attempt to impede the work of the auditor-general constitutes a threat to democracy. –Vincent Smith, chairperson of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) after the withdrawal of auditors from eThekwini municipal offices on Thursday because of threats. The auditors received phone calls from unknown people after they asked for some supply chain management documents. The latest auditor-general’s report this week revealed that in KZN, clean audits fell from 20% in 2015/2016 to 11% in the current year under review 2016/2017. There’s a reason he’s called the 360-degree man – because he scores all around the ground. Some of the shots he plays are sort of a different generation – and a generation we will probably start seeing a lot more of because of AB. – Mark Boucher, Titans coach, after AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket this week.
He didn’t help or console his relatives. He also didn’t think a neighbour could help. The accused displayed a peculiar lack of empathy. – Judge Siraj Desai about Henri van Breda who was convicted in the Western Cape High Court on three counts of premeditated murder this week for killing his parents and brother with an axe at the luxury De Zalze estate in Stellenbosch.Van Breda was also convicted of the attempted murder of his sister, as well as defeating the ends of justice.
As we undertake this important work together, as we travel further along the path of growth and transformation, we are imbued with a new spirit. – President Cyril Ramaphosa when he announced on Wednesday that he would give half of his presidential salary to a charity fund, the Nelson Mandela Thuma Mina Fund, to be launched on July 18 to mark the 100th anniversary of Mandela’s birth. We are a really good team and we are full of desire and we really work for our dreams, big dreams. If we can show that, then we have a chance. – Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool FC before the Uefa Champions League final which will see Liverpool and Real Madrid fight for the title today.