Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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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 need to work together as social partners to focus on our economy by removing all the obstacles to investment and move South Africa to a higher level of growth.
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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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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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I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.
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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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We want to clean up South Africa so that we can begin to make it more attractive to investors but at the same time to deal with the issues that are impeding growth.
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What we want is for our young people to be skilled.
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We should put behind us the era of diminishing trust in public institutions and weakened confidence in our country's public leaders.
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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 are building a country where a person's prospects are determined by their own initiative and hard work and not by the color of their skin, place of birth, gender, language, or income of their parents.
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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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Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
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South Africa must come first in everything we do.
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Land is a very broad as well as a complex issue, and it has to be handled very delicately because around land, there is quite a lot of emotion.
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South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
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We must listen to the concerns of our people without dismissing them. When people see something wrong, there is something wrong. When our people see corruption, it means there is corruption. When our people see that their resources are being stolen by certain people, it means this is happening, and we should listen.
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The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate redistribution of land to black South Africans.
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Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.
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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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One of the other things that is going to help to give a boost to our economy is how we reform our state-owned enterprises. … The state-owned enterprises were sewers of corruption, a number of them. … There was rot, there was filth and there was deep corruption. We are rooting all that out right now.
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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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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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Our Vision 2030 remains the blueprint for inclusive growth, social cohesion, and prosperity for all. Under this plan, we will continue to develop skills that can help our country realise its developmental goals and address labour market issues.