Quotes of the Week
'But, because of modernisation, we can't wish pants and miniskirts away; at some point we have to embrace and accommodate them.' - Governor at the residence of Swaziland's King Mswati III, Timothy Mtetwa, after a chief in the country banned women from wearing these items at a nomination process
'He kept his trousers and zip tight until he finished the sentence.' - Nelspruit magistrate Erwin Sithole commenting on a suspended sentence previously imposed on convicted child molester Carl Lotter. He was handing Lotter a new suspended sentence'This is indicative of the widespread concern that the election results are not going to inspire the anticipated economic recovery.' - Eric Bloch, an economist in Bulawayo after the Zimbabwe stock exchange's top index lost 11% after Robert Mugabe was re-elected president, his seventh term since 1980 'The West will now have to climb down, they must find a ladder and climb down... A democratic election has taken place in Zimbabwe.' - Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence Minister and key Mugabe lieutenant on widespread international criticism of Mugabe's re-election 'I do not wish to enumerate the many reasons for my resignation, but they all have to do with the manner (in which) the... elections were proclaimed and conducted.' - Mkhululi Nyathi, a member of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, announcing his resignation in a letter to Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai 'HE President Jacob Zuma extends his profound congratulations to HE President Robert G Mugabe on his re-election as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe following the successful harmonised elections...' - The South African presidency in a statement 'We are very happy that we have dealt the enemy a blow, and the enemy is not (opposition leader Morgan) Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai is a mere part of the enemy.' - Mugabe in his first public remarks since winning Zimbabwe's elections