Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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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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South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
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People must respect our movement.
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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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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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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 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 must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
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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 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 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 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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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'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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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 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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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 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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Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.
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I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.