THE WEEK IN WORDS
As well as being a true champion on the track, Nicky was a fan favourite off it due to his kind nature, relaxed demeanour, and the huge smile he invariably carried everywhere. – The Honda Superbike team pays tribute to the 2006 MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden, who died this week after being hit by a car while cycling in Italy.
When we say shoot to kill we don’t say shoot innocent people, (but) shoot in defence of the
innocent. – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula delivering his maiden budget speech in Parliament, where he defended the police and said they would intensify the fight against crime.
(Drag racers) don’t own that spot, and city (metro) police should do something about it once and for all. It’s out of
control. – The father of a pregnant woman says his daughter and sonin-law were not just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but that drag racing was taking place in the wrong place and at the wrong time. She was among four people injured in a high-speed collision involving four vehicles at a notorious drag racing spot in Springfield, Durban, on Saturday. They asked not be named. In the past it used to be that children were left in hospitals and at children’s homes, and officials would have the mother’s details. Now more and more children are left in the veld and in dangerous zones with nothing – not even a note. – Child activist Dee Blackie on her research on the incidents of child abandonment ahead of National Child Protection Week from May 26 to June 2.
The ANCYL of today, especially the chairperson and secretary of eThekwini region, their intellectual shallowness frightens me. For too long we allowed you to develop anarchist tendencies without being challenged. They are busy insulting, threatening and suppressing the voices that are sounding alarm bells. Instead of grappling with the issues that will have a devastating impact on young people. – ANC MP Makhosi Khoza’s Facebook post on the eThekwini region’s ANC Youth League leadership.
Instead of focusing on rebuilding structures of Cosatu, they are busy minding business that is
not theirs. – Mandla Shange, ANC Youth League KZN spokesperson, on the decision by Cosatu to ban President Jacob Zuma from speaking at its gatherings.