Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.
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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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People must respect our movement.
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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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South Africa must come first in everything we do.
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We have all the good policies, all right visions, but the problem is implementation. When we come out of national conference, we want those leaders we have chosen to be those who can implement policies.
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You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.
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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 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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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 to have a good look at the Constitution. Let's determine where the shortcomings are. Then we can start talking of clauses.
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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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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 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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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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What we want is for our young people to be skilled.
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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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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 remain a highly unequal society in which poverty and prosperity are still defined by race as well as gender.
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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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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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Climate change is a reality.
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We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.
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Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.