QUOTES

‘He is found guilty of the 44 offences and hereby convicted.’

– Ugandan Judge Michael Elubu, who found Thomas Kwoyelo, the only commander of the feared Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to be tried in the country, guilty of multiple counts of crimes against humanity

‘The region is home to most of the world's gold, copper, cobalt, lithium, chromium, graphite and platinum and possesses significant livestock and agricultural endowments. We have no choice but to look inward for homegrown solutions including domestic resource mobilisation and innovative financing for climate to sustain our development. And SADC can be a leader on this imperative.’

– Claver Gatete, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, addressing the SADC Summit in Harare

‘As the chair of varied expert panels and reference groups, he made significant contributions to the development of public policy in areas from tourism, human settlements and public administration to science and technology, and arts and culture. He lectured extensively at universities in the US and served as a curriculum development and governance adviser to the University of SA, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Tshwane University of Technology, Central University of Technology and Walter Sisulu University.’

– President Cyril Ramaphosa, who mourned the death of well-known academic and heritage expert Muxe Nkondo on Sunday at the age of 83