QUOTES OF THE WEEK

When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice. – US rapper Kanye West, who caused a social media storm this week for his comment during an interview with TMZ. He later qualified his comment saying: “Of course I know slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will. My point is for us to have stayed in that position, even though the numbers were on our side, means we were mentally enslaved.”

Although this incident is tarnishing our town’s reputation, it helped us to have free groceries such as meat, juices and other food items from a supermarket truck.

– Mooi River ward councillor following looting by the community after the burning of trucks at Mooi River Toll Plaza.

I’m delighted for him. It was exactly what he had wanted to do for so long to score, he did it twice and gave us the possibility to go through. – Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid coach on the two goals scored by forward Karim Benzema in the semi- final match against Bayern this week, securing Real Madrid a place in the Champions League Final. Benzema had come under fire for his meagre goal tally this season.

I was not aware my mother was shot. I ran into her home but the door was locked. My dad opened it and I got the shock of my life when I saw my mother lying on the floor behind the door. I saw blood seeping through her clothes. – Melanie Meiring, whose mother, Marcelle, was shot during a home invasion this week.