All Quotes

"In writing (poetry, fiction, plays, etc.) I am aware of functioning as an Indian woman from the Caribbean in dialogue with the world. The world may choose to ignore that dialogue; all the same this is what I am doing. And at a primal level, I and my kind (Indo-Caribbean women) are prohibited by the full weight of patriarchal law and authority from having dialogue with the world outside the home."

"Opening our mouths and saying our words, breaking the cycle of the "unknowable," seems to me right now an essential tool for our survival, on our own terms, and for that of our daughters and granddaughters. We can only become stronger as we build upon each other's experiences and strengthen that repository of woman-knowledge (also community-knowledge) of which we are the rightful inheritors."

"Who is the female artist functioning in a community such as ours? She speaks but her speaking drives her into a place of otherness when she speaks her truth. She is an outsider. She is subject to unbearable strain, from within and without, and she functions largely without supports. Now more Indo-Caribbean women are beginning to speak "themselves." There are poets such as Mahadai Das, Shana Yardan, Niala Maharaj, Asha Radjkoemar, Chitra Gajadin. They are writing themselves out of the family walls-breaking them down so that they can stare fully, unveiled, at the world outside. The act of writing calls for breaking faith with service-family service. Beginning the difficult task of consolidating a self-outside of family servitude."

"A writer as necessary as Ramabai Espinet should be treasured by us for her unique voice and the unique world she shares with us."

"MPs Clash Over Bamangwato Rule The Gazette (15 September 2025)"

"Tensions flare up in Nkange (Mmegi 5 September 2025)"

"Rumblings of a volcano Sundat Syandard(29 November 2012)"

"Introduce prison conjugal visits – MPs Mmegi (12 March 2025)"

"What we are saying is that these effects of climate change are real and we might have to change the way we do things in agriculture, industry and water resources management. We cannot plan according to the old seasons any more because they are fluctuating"

"Many people are wondering whether the high temperatures are not a precursor to another drought: eerie thoughts indeed given that the country has just emerged from another poor agricultural season caused by poor rains"

"Gov’t introduces initiatives to alleviate the cost of living Mmegi (29 November 2024)"

"The spirit of the agreement, the spirit of the discussion was that they would pay $10 million. We don’t have pledges written but we have minutes. I believe it’s a gentlemen’s agreement, they were in the meeting, they shook their hands, they should honour their obligation"

"The government operates on goodwill sir. That is why we still accepted the $10 million from Unki (mine) without any written agreement"

"The fund is meant to protect Victoria Falls not only as a natural wonder but as a world heritage site"

"Remember it is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and every development should b connected to its natural resource base"

"Tourists want to visit areas that are natural and not artificial"

"They want a natural environment, a natural state and a natural habitat and, therefore, the need for us all today to embrace this initiation and take it to other parts of the country before we go regionally and internationally"

"We have lost a lot of species, trees and it is important to rehabilitate our natural environment, to protect it against environmental degradation and to restore its natural state"

"I really want to see more South African talent being developed. I always asked the question: ‘Why does South African talent not have opportunities or a rights forum?’. “So now it’s my opportunity to create that opportunity for SA talent in all aspects, be it in comedy, art and drama."

"There is a lot of work to do this year. Currently actors don’t get to own their work and some broadcasters do pay, while others refuse. So my aim is to follow up with our initial submission to Parliament. It’s a long process but it needs to be done"

"It was a wonderful opportunity to remind audiences that I am still an actor and am versatile with roles"

"UDC Backbenchers Want Forensic Audit To Startthe Gazette (13 February 2025)"

"Whilst the old still occupied the , they were attacked by the to avenge the supposed death of a priest who had been sent among them as a missionary many years before. The priest, feeling himself entirely forgotten by his own people, had identified himself with those among whom he had dwell so long. Apprised of the approach of the hostile Spaniards, the Indians prepared to defend themselves with huge stones to be hurled among the enemy should they attempt to scale the mesa by the only practicable pathway up the almost perpendicular face of the cliff. But when the cause of the hostile demonstration became known to the Indians, the priest in the absence of paper on which to write, scraped a smooth and wrote upon it a message to the attacking party. The skin was fastened to a large stone and thrown down into the valley. Upon this information of the safety of the priest, the Spaniards retired, leaving the Indians undisturbed. This tradition is very similar to the account given in ’ ”Conquest of Mexico,” of 's attack upon , and this author states that "beyond doubt ancient Zuñi and Cibola were the same Pueblo.""

"The children are industrious and patient little creatures, the boys assisting their elders in farming and , and the girls performing their share of domestic duties. A marked trait is their loving-kindness and care for younger brothers and sisters. Every little girl has her own water vase as soon as she is old enough to accompany her mother to the river in capacity of assistant water-carrier, and thus they begin at a very early age to poise the vase, Egyptian fashion, on their heads."

"The long winter nights were devoted by the to the ceremonies of their secret fraternities, exhorting their most benevolent gods; rain priests in retreat invoked their anthropic deities for rain to fructify the earth, and elders taught the youths, sitting attentively at their knees by the flickering firelight, the mysteries of their life and religion. Of all the secrets of their lives none is more strictly guarded or more carefully transmitted than the knowledge of healing. The "doctor" instructs in the lore of plants, and the relation of plants to man and beast."

"(quote from p. 36)"

"While it was generally observed by early travelers among the , that they employed plants for medicinal purposes, it was long believed, even by scientific students, that the practice of Indian doctors was purely . The late Dr. , however, declared from the beginning of his ethnological investigations that the Indians employed many plants of real value in medicine."

"FOCUS ON IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS – LUCAS AFRICA Press( 22 November 2023)"

"BCP advocates arming police Mmegi(5 August 2025)"

"I pressurised government to restock in Bobirwa – Lucas Mmegi (26 February 2024)"

"There was no truth, no integrity. It was a lie—totally untrue"

"There was nothing like that. No one gave him the power to change the figures"

"Those countries gave us clothes, food and many of the things that we wanted, but not arms. But we understood why, because the racist regime that we were fighting against was to a great extent white and many of the people who came to settle in Rhodesia were not from England. Some had come from Italy, some from Holland and others from all over Europe."

"It was very difficult for these governments to give us arms to fight against their own people. But they did not mind giving us food, because I think that in their own argument we had to exist"

"Government Unveils Bonno Housing Programme to Address Housing Crisis 25 March 2025"

"They could not give us arms, but they could give us food and after they had taken that stand there were a few who did that, like Sweden, Belgium to some extent, Norway again to some extent and Holland to quite a great extent. In Holland it was not the government, but non-governmental organizations, as in Denmark"

"Our mission was not really to go and kill people, but to protect them. In the course of the events, we might find it necessary to kill the enemy, but that was not the objective. The objective was to change his way of thinking and let him see that what was going on in Rhodesia was wrong"

"We could see that they were absolutely concerned about us and would like our situation to change. When we found that extending to the Swedish government, we realized that they must have the same heart because with Amnesty International and the schools that were involved in sending letters and clothes, adopting children or detainees and their families, it was tremendous, absolutely tremendous. It could not come from any other group of people, except those that had the correct heart"

"When we got the money directly, we also became more enthusiastic. You could then say to the youngsters: ‘Go inside the country. You can take this amount of food, and when you need it you can use it.’ And when there were areas within the country that needed food, they could actually come and get some from us. During the later stages of the struggle, the liberated areas inside the country needed food. And sometimes the food was brought from Mozambique"

"There were many fronts in the war. Within the country we had to make our people understand what was going on and within the liberation movement itself all of us had to understand the purpose of the war. We also found that our friends needed people who could work with them almost on a full time basis. Our external relations office in Maputo was very busy, collecting newspaper cuttings and giving out information to the people that assisted us"

"When you go beyond the Limpopo, you must realize that you are going beyond apartheid and when you return we hope that you will keep it that way and start to influence people who will not be able to cross the Limpopo, but nonetheless should leave apartheid behind.’ It was important for them. We had some South African farmers who came here and lived with fellow Zimbabwean farmers, sharing the peace and quietness and the development that these communities of farmers were experiencing."

"We brought in students. The students’ programme went on a little longer, because it involved not only students from South Africa, but from Southern Africa. We had students from Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Namibia. It was very interesting to watch these youngsters discussing and thinking about the future"

"I also want to be the go-to person for young, aspiring actors who need help to grow. I’m also willing to partner with passionate creatives who genuinely want to grow in this industry."

"I still feel like I’m building the legacy as I haven’t achieved the things I thought I’d be or have at this age. However, my main focus is being a true artist who is willing to sharpen his skills and willing to learn"

"It was not easy to see acting as the career to go for in my times. It wasn’t perceived as one where you’d make it, like Ntate John Kani and the peers of his age. There wasn’t a clear light through the tunnel that I too could become an actor"

"My wish is for actors to do a bit of research and carry their roles more. We need to bring back the pure talent that was captured on Yizo Yizo or Zone 14."

"Fish poultry farming manageable -Molebatsi DailyNews (17 June 2024)"

"Botswana secures Chinese beef market DailyNews (6 December 2023)"

"BDP BOMASE Regional Committee conflicted - Molebatsi The Guardian (2 August 2024)"

"Molebatsi calls for internal roads The Voice(19 December 2019)"