Humorous Quotes from the Swazi Newspapers

Times of Swaziland, February 8, 2012










































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Times of Swaziland, January 3, 2012
Article about a private primary school - "Mhlanga says pupils at Khanyisile are also exposed to other syllables which broaden their scope of thinking."

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Times of Swaziland, November 16, 2011
“The development path of this nation to the First World status will inevitably require conceited investments in human resources…”

Times of Swaziland, November 18, 2011
Health Workers and Hand Washing – “Chair of the department of infection control, “‘…they have educated all workers in the hospital.’ The total percentage of educated workers is 90 percent.”

“‘Gems hide inside the nails,’ said Mabuza, provoking mumbling from students and nurses.” [probably because they were wondering how they can harvest gems from their nails and how come they had never noticed them before!]

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I should’ve started this in 2009. But I’m sure there will still be plenty of good ones to come. So we’ll start with...

Time of Swaziland, October 3, 2011
From an article about the trial of a high court judge, “Below is a ‘blow by blow’ presentation of the exchange between Masuku and Simelane on the various charges”

Swazi Observer, October 19, 2011
“Law Society Vice President is hopeful that the new Justice Minister… will tackle the judicial crisis in a positive and objectionable manner.”

Swazi Observer, November 2, 2011
“A senior police officer tried in vain to reason with the protestors to abandon the march after informing them that it was illegal. It was after the protestors had tried to bulldoze their way through the police barrier line outside the court premises that all hell broke loose.”