Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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We need to make sure that the ANC branches are strong, that they can lead the communities we live in.
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Corruption in state-owned enterprises and other public institutions has undermined our government's programs to address poverty and unemployment.
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We say South Africa is an open country, and when people come here, we must deal with them with dignity and respect within the parameters of our Constitution.
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Leaders are meant to lead from the front, but at the same time, they are also meant to listen to what their followers are saying.
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Nobody, no family, is above the law.
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It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.
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Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed.
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Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises, and how we deal with 'state capture' are issues that are on our radar screen.
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There is nothing wrong with students demanding free education, and, in fact, it is something that our children deserve.
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No man is born believing that he has dominion over women. Instead, this view is handed down from generation to generation and amplified through social custom, culture, and popular media.
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We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.
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I believe things that happen in the ANC family must be handled there.
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We need to remind ourselves of the kind of society of which we have dreamed for so long, for which we have fought, and for which so many lost their lives.
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In defence of Madiba's legacy, we will continue to wage a relentless war on corruption and mismanagement of the resources of our country.
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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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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 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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Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
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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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Students want free education because their parents are struggling. The fees of universities and technikons are too high.
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Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative.
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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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We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.
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If we are not honest, we are not going to be able to forge unity.