Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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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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I believe things that happen in the ANC family must be handled there.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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 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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You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.
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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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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 you read the Freedom Charter carefully, you will find that - the clause that refers to education, and it says education must be free 'on merit.'