Cyril Ramaphosa
Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.Collection: Education
We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard-earned savings of ordinary people.Collection: Society
We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.Collection: Change
Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.Collection: Women
Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.Collection: Health
We are determined that expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security, and ensure that land is returned to those from who it was taken under colonialism and apartheid.Collection: Food
You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.
We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.
I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.
We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.
Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.
We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
In working to end violence against women and children, we need to ensure that men are centrally involved. Men need to organise themselves in a sustained campaign against gender-based violence.
During the worst days of apartheid, we turned to the church for hope and courage as we fought a righteous struggle for a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist, just, and prosperous South Africa.
We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. And that defines who we are. We are South Africans, and we do not subscribe to the building of walls.
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.
We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.
If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.
Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative.
We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.
We must investigate without fear or favour the so-called 'accounting irregularities' that cause turmoil in the markets and wipe billions off the investments of ordinary South Africans.
Everyone has to be receptive to the decisions of the ANC because that is the political center. You have got to accept the decisions, and you also have to accept the direction that you are given by the ANC.
The country is yearning to put behind all these horrible things that have to do with corruption, state capture, behind us. The sooner these are all done, the better, because we want to move on; we want to move on to a better life.
Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
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.
My campaign to become leader of the ANC was pivoted on two things: Renewing the ANC and taking back to the values the were espoused and subscribed to by Nelson Mandela, Oliver Thambo, and many other leaders.
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.
To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.
Marikana is a huge wake-up call.
Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.
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.
We will accelerate our land redistribution program not only to redress a grave historical injustice but also to bring more producers into the agricultural sector and to make more land available for cultivation.
I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.
To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.
Climate change is a reality.
Nobody, no family, is above the law.
As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.
It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
All our policies must be measured by the extent to which they contribute to job creation. Policies that do not create jobs - or that threaten jobs - must be reviewed and revised.
Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
We say South Africa is an open country, and when people come here, we must deal with them with dignity and respect within the parameters of our Constitution.
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.
Whenever you go through the length and breadth of our country... you see a long face: you will see the long face of an African woman because she's black, because she's poor.