Quotes of the Week

'After I sprayed the air freshener it wasn't as bad.' - Heroin addict Jurgens van der Merwe, quoted in Beeld, telling the High Court in Johannesburg what he did when he found his girlfriend's decomposing body in their Alberton flat. He is accused of killing her 'In Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and to an extent Mozambique, are examples of countries with a high degree of legal certainty offering security for lenders and these countries are therefore doing well in terms of cross border investment.' - Deon Wilken, director and head of the Finance and Banking practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr 'It's not too late Mr X. Now that you found the Lord yesterday, you may want to consider that lying is a sin.' - Dali Mpofu, for the injured and arrested Lonmin miners, questioning police witness Mr X, who recently converted to Christianity, at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry 'I have no motives. I am telling the truth just like Mandela. I speak the truth, just like Mandela.' - Mr X to Mpofu 'Article 24 of the Swaziland Constitution protects freedom of expression and opinion, including freedom of press and other media.' - Franz Viljoen, director of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria on the conviction of an editor and a lawyer in Swaziland 'The last time I saw a blonde with red streaks in her hair she was laying on Oscar Pistorius' bathroom floor.' - American comedienne Joan Rivers commenting on pop star Christina Aguilera's blonde hair with knotty cornrow braids, hair extensions and red highlights at the VH1 Music Awards