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“You are not going to write any story about this. I'm going to sue you if you're going to lie about us, lie about our business which going to cost us revenue.”

“I'm a small businessman doing catering, food production, and operating liquor outlets. As a crime intelligence contact agent since 2009, I obtained information and gave it to my handler, who reported to higher authorities.”

“The success of the V&A Waterfront has been directly related to the success and growth of domestic and international tourism into the city. It's all got to be hinged off a growth in inbound tourism and domestic tourism, and a fundamental role that I've got to play is to help the city of Cape Town, the Western Cape province and SA tourism to help continue improve and grow the tourism industry.”

“The statement for now as I uttered it yesterday it's related to the threat at a broader sense to say the operation was affected by the fact that whatever that the team is planning will find its way to the targets or to the persons of interest.”

“She took this entity which really had no footprint and used to be a restaurant and turn it into a training academy and within weeks go on to score major government tenders.”

“The inescapable conclusion is that the process around the award of this tender requires some scrutiny because if she was able to win it based on the fact that she was only in control of this entity for mere weeks before she bid that points to issues with the system.”

“I didn't think it would blow up that much cuz I was just making a video. I was hoping to get in some customers. I didn't think I getting almost the whole of Cape Town.”

“These guys are absolute athletes.”

“Post-Covid we knew was going to be a complex time and reflecting now it was definitely the dark transition to the next rebirth. Between 2021 and 2024 end of 24 we closed nearly 20 restaurants in South Africa, but we grew last year by 14% which is incredible in the economic conditions with fewer restaurants and many more customers.”

“It's a moment for us to not wait on government. It's not waiting for anyone to really own our spaces. I believe the way people rise is from within.”

“Imagine a scenario now where Cat Matlala is in charge of security screenings and customs controls at one of the nation's most sensitive key points. He's currently framed as someone deeply entrenched in the criminal underworld, facing a raft of criminal charges, and according to former police commissioner Khaya Sitole's allegations, he's central to the capture of the police.”

“The less they know about the topic, the more likely you are to get appointed.”

“If you look at where the gold price is today, it's really a function of heightened expectations of where inflation is directed, concerns about geopolitical instability, and central banks buying gold as part of diverting their reserves away from the US dollar.”