QUOTES OF THE WEEK

South Africans with the lowest income spend 13.8% of their disposable income on VAT and excise duty taxes, while the highest paid 10% of the population spend 12.6% of their income on these taxes. It will hurt the poor. South Africa cannot have a growing economy with these levels of poverty and inequality. – Gilad Isaacs, director of the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID) research programme at Wits University following the Budget announcement VAT will go up by one percent to 15% . Klaasie got us ahead of the game. We weren’t sure whether we would be coming off (due to rain). In the end it worked in our favour.

– Proteas cricket captain JP Duminy after SA’s win over India in the second T20 International on a wet Wednesday night.

My mom is a powerful woman who could easily be one of the beautiful soldiers in Wakanda. So it’s beyond a perfect fit that she would be portrayed on the big screen by the radiant and regal Lupita Nyong’ o. I’m beyond excited. – Trevor Noah, US Daily Show Host and SA comedian on Black Panther star, Lupita Nyong’o agreeing to star as his mother in the movie adaptation of his autobiography Born a Crime.

When you are in nature, it proves to you that you are nothing. You think you are a dominant human being, but you aren’t. I learnt this while sitting in a storm at the South Pole thinking that I don’t want to die. – Sibusiso Vilane, adventurer and mountaineer who has completed the world’s seven summits and two poles.