VERBATIM

“Our goal is to steadily reduce the alert level by keeping the rate of infection down and getting our health system ready for the inevitable increase in cases. As the lockdown is gradually eased, life will slowly return. But it will not be life as we knew it before.” — President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter on the relaxation of lockdown regulations.

“Looking at the forged evidence it is now clear that the Angolan state, through the intelligence services, prosecution, civil court and Supreme Court, has colluded and contrived a case to obtain an unfair and illegal decision against me. False documents and false statements have been deliberately brought before the court." — Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola's former president, José Eduardo dos Santos, accused the government of forgery to freeze her financial assets last year. She and her husband, Sindika Dokolo, are charged with extracting more than $1-billion from state companies.

“The problem is that it comes from Africa. And they cannot accept that a country like Madagascar, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, has discovered this formula to save the world." — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina, slamming the World Health Organisation for not endorsing Covid-organics, a herbal tonic made from one of the Artemisia plant species that he alleges prevents and cures Covid-19.

“Everyone was talking about my injury. When I arrived in training with this hairstyle, it stopped. So I had my peace of mind and could focus on rehab. I was not really proud of my strange haircut, but it was a good way to change the subject." — Former Brazilian forward Ronaldo speaks to

magazine about his famous hairstyle at the 2002 World Cup.