QUOTES OF THE WEEK

This is a president that promotes tribalism. This is a president that when black intellectuals express their views, he calls them “clever blacks”. I am black. I am clever. I am educated and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. – ANC MP Makhosi Khoza at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundationorganised Conference for the Future of South Africa in Johannesburg this week.

Prudence was a modern-day iteration of fearlessness, steadfast conviction and selfless activism that drove Sophie de Bruyn, Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and so many other notable women to the very bastion of the apartheid regime. – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral of Aids activist Prudence Mabele this week.

Blade Nzimande says they’ll contest elections “independently”, but remain in alliance. Does this mean they want an open relationship? – Tweet from @Buzwebakhe on the SACP conference.