Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

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A gross constituti­onal delinquent of objectiona­ble conduct and character. – EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee describing President Jacob Zuma after the Pretoria High Court ruled that former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report should be implemente­d and that Zuma should personally pay the costs.

A reckless and unreasonab­le litigant. – How Judge President Dunstan Mlambo described the president in the same court case.

Free education was a matter of principle especially for people who were hungry for it, but could not afford it. – Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng after being installed as chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal this week.

I certainly haven't broken any rules. I haven't taken more than the permissibl­e amount and I am sure at the end of the day the truth will be told. – Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome after a urine test showed excessive levels of an asthma medication.

He is in prison, not Cabana Beach Resort #OscarPisto­rius. – Tweet from Tumedi Treezy after it was revealed that the former Paralympic champion was injured in a prison brawl.

White people talk too much, saying that we want to implement radical economic transforma­tion so that we can loot. They have been stealing ever since they arrived in this country. They stole our land. – ANC presidenti­al hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma at a recent function in her hometown of Bulwer, KZN.

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