Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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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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South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
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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.'
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What we want is for our young people to be skilled.
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We must be determined to get rid of factions within the ANC. We must get rid of divisions within the ANC.
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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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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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As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.
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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 be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
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Climate change is a reality.
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We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
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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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We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.
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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 will wash and clean the ANC, and it will be the ANC you know. The ANC that will work for the people.
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We've got to be moving together, working together, leading the country together, and ensuring that we achieve the objectives that our alliance has set out for itself.
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If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.
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Land has been an issue of great concern to our people.
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We should draw deep into Madiba's wisdom. We should draw deep into Madiba's style of doing things in an orderly manner, in a purposeful manner, in a way where we focus.
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We can make this country the garden of Eden.
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I believe that our economy is not a one- or two-percent growth economy; I believe it can grow at four percent, and we can revitalize our economy if we do the right things.
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We have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward.
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I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.