Quotes of the Week
Publish date: 06 January 2014
Issue Number: 559
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Quotes
'What we know for sure is that relations between her and the government were frosty and it's difficult for us to assure her security as we are not in government.' - Movement for Democratic Change spokesperson Nelson Chamisa after Jacqueline Zwambila, Harare's ambassador to Australia, asked Canberra for asylum, citing fears for her safety if she returns home 'People have been talking a lot lately, saying that Nelson Mandela is dead, so all the Zimbabweans and Mozambicans must leave now. But I think people are people. Everybody belongs.' - An unnamed resident of Munsieville, outside Krugersdorp, quoted in The Star, after six people were shot and wounded when they tried to loot a Somali-owned shop
'Targeted attacks against children are a violation of international humanitarian and human rights law and must stop immediately. Concrete action is needed now to prevent violence against children.' - UNICEF representative Souleymane Diabate after the UN Children's Fund has issued a report describing horrific attacks against children that have occurred in the Central African Republic over the past month 'Gee die bliksem vir my (Give me the scoundrel).' - Message on a placard displayed at the court appearance of a Brakpan, Gauteng, man accused of raping and killing his four-year-old niece. 'You're a foreigner here, and as you don't have a passport, we're going to deport you. You're under arrest.' - Former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni's son Tumelo recounting how a police officer pulled him out of a minibus taxi and arrested him for being a foreigner 'President (Yoweri) Museveni is a practical president, he takes decisions based on analysis and not on how many support or are against it.' - Presidential spokesperson Tamale Mirundi, saying Museveni won't rush to approve a controversial anti-gay draft law, widely criticised internationally but overwhelmingly backed by local political and religious leaders
