Quotes
Publish date: 12 April 2021
Issue Number: 917
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: General
‘We cannot isolate (ourselves) as an island. We cannot accept everything from abroad, but we also cannot reject everything.’
– Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who announced plans to appoint a panel of experts to advise her on how best to curb the spread of the coronavirus, reversing her predecessor’s denialism of the pandemic
‘Zambia joins the rest of the world in mourning the passing of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Phillip. We extend our deepest condolences to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Family and the British people.’
– Zambian President Edgar Lungu
‘The declassifying ‘shows solidarity of people around the world in revealing the truth about the genocide.’
– Naphtal Ahishakiye, executive secretary of Ibuka – the umbrella organisation for survivors – after France announced that it would make public about 8 000 archived documents including some that were previously classified
‘To allow the existing economic forces to retain their interests intact is to feed the roots of racial supremacy and exploitation and does not represent even the shadow of liberation.’
– Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma saying it is inconceivable for liberation to have any meaning without the return of SA's wealth to the people as a whole