Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.
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We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. And that defines who we are. We are South Africans, and we do not subscribe to the building of walls.
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We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
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Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.
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We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.
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We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard-earned savings of ordinary people.
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Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
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As the ANC, we have got to condemn violence as a method of addressing our differences and disputes amongst us.
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If we are not honest, we are not going to be able to forge unity.
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During the worst days of apartheid, we turned to the church for hope and courage as we fought a righteous struggle for a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist, just, and prosperous South Africa.
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The ANC must ensure that South Africa does not become a mafia state because once you reach that state, all the wheels have come off.
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We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.
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The country is yearning to put behind all these horrible things that have to do with corruption, state capture, behind us. The sooner these are all done, the better, because we want to move on; we want to move on to a better life.
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We need to rid our State Owned Enterprises of corruption because the money being siphoned out should be funding them.
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Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
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We now know, without any shred of uncertainty, that billions of rands of public resources have been diverted into the pockets of a few.
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We now have a great opportunity to put land to good use, to take it out of those hands, lazy hands I might say, and put it into the working hands of our people.
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Students want free education because their parents are struggling. The fees of universities and technikons are too high.
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We aim to restore our focus on building an economy in which all South Africans can flourish, an economy which benefits the people as a whole rather than a privileged few.
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We have realized that corruption is rife, and we are going to address it. We are going to root out corruption, and that is a promise I can make.
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When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that is an important pillar of our democracy.
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We have to build further on the collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and prevent an investment downgrade.
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South Africa must come first in everything we do.
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To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.