Quotes

‘And because Africa has a huge informal sector, we actually really don't know the extent of the problem. And it's very difficult to track what children are doing, the hazards they are facing.’

Musa Kika, executive director of the Institute for Human Rights and Development, on the number of child labourers in Africa

 

‘There is so much proof, including banking accounts and letters that were written by the MKP. In these letters, they used MKP letterheads. (Zuma) himself, when he wrote the letter to Russia, he wrote it under (the) MKP, so it’s shocking now how they (say they are) not involved. Even the communication that Duduzile was using to the men, she was using MKP letterheads. Everything was done through MKP. ...’

A family member whose relative was recruited to fight in the Ukraine war, allegedly by the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma

 

‘Africa is entitled to demand the official and explicit recognition of the crimes committed against its peoples during the colonial period, an indispensable first step toward addressing the consequences of that era, for which African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price in terms of exclusion, marginalisation and backwardness.’ 

Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf, calling for a  legal framework to ensure restitution for colonialism is seen as ‘neither a gift nor a favour’

 

‘The recovery and management of assets, especially those originating from illegal activities, requires an integrated and collaborative approach among all institutions that make up the country’s judicial apparatus.’

Gracinda Muiambo, presiding judge of the Maputo City Judicial Court after the Mozambican Attorney-General’s Office has called on the country's justice bodies to ensure that assets are recovered in cases of embezzlement of public funds