Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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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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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 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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We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
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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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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 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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Climate change is a reality.
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We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
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As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.
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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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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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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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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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If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.
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We can make this country the garden of Eden.
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Land has been an issue of great concern to our people.
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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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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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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 have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward.
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We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.
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I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.
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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.