THE WEEK IN WORDS
One of my first acts will be to get all of the drug lords... we have some bad, bad people in this country... some bad hombres here and we’re going to get them out. – Donald Trump doing little to improve his image with the Latino community.
What I’m saying is I’ll tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense, okay? – Trump saying he is not sure he will accept the results of next month’s US election.
The Tic-Tac sucking pussy monster – Trevor Noah describing Donald Trump on The Daily Show.
I’d invite Mr Trump to stop whining and try to make his case to get votes. – US President Barack Obama advises Trump to stop worrying about rigged elections.
I think the two-day coaching indaba really mapped a new direction for SA Rugby. It was the best two days for me as a rugby administrator, and I’m glad to say it was solution-driven. We certainly hope that won’t be the last. We plan to do this regularly. – Interim SA Rugby president Mark Alexander describing the rugby indaba at Newlands.
Kyrgios – you want to be the best come see me – you will learn to play, excite, and to win! It’s your choice – or just be mediocre! gd luck. – American former bad boy tennis player Jimmy Connors offering to mentor the world’s current bad boy tennis player, Australian Nick Kyrgios.
(Durban) is home to 2 700 dollar millionaires and one billionaire. Our figures for Durban include Umhlanga, Ballito and La Lucia. (Wealth) includes all their assets (property, cash, equities, business interests) less any liabilities. – A New World Wealth report on the world’s wealthiest cities.
You throw like a girl! – An officer responding to a student who was throwing stones at the police at the UKZN’s Westville campus on Tuesday.
Pupils have been forced to take pure maths instead of maths literacy at some schools despite the shortage of qualified maths teachers. KwaZulu-Natal is being made a maths province… but KZN does not have enough qualified maths teachers. There are not enough subject advisers and there is no tangible teacher development programme focusing on maths teaching. – Sadtu’s KZN secretary, Nomarashiya Caluza, arguing for fewer pupils to take maths for matric.