'Do not carbon copy our

‘If you talk to many African leaders, they will tell you when (Nelson) Mandela was president, he was the voice, not only of South Africa, but of Africa. Thabo Mbeki was in the same category. But with our current president, it doesn't matter whether he reads the best speech, they say ''we don't trust him''. And that is not just from in South Africa, but throughout the continent.'

– Former ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa 

‘If you don't believe that this government has the majority required to vote through its programme, call parliament to sit.’

– Guinea Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz who dared his adversaries to open Parliament on Friday, threatening the administration of his own party after its failure to sit for more than a year

‘Do not carbon copy our revolution, evolve your own model. Land was the bedrock of our struggle. It is a less emotive issue (in South Africa) than in Zimbabwe. I get the sense that our neighbours are a little bit more business driven. Black business economic empowerment has been more important and more successful (in South Africa).’

– Zimbabwe's Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi warning South Africa against land reforms 

‘Whatever we do, we must know that Parliament has its own powers, its own responsibility.'

– Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng following nearly 10 hours of legal argument in the Constitutional Court  on the matter of Parliament holding a secret vote on its pending no confidence motion against President Jacob Zuma

‘You have no idea how challenging it was to conceptualise the issues.’

– Mogoeng again

‘We found 115 bodies and 34 have been buried.'

– Red Cross spokesperson Antoine Mbao Bogo following the discovery of a fresh massacre in the Central African Republic's border town of Bangassou