We have to have a good look at the Constitution. Let's determine where the shortcomings are. Then we can start talking of clauses.
— Cyril Ramaphosa
In defence of Madiba's legacy, we will continue to wage a relentless war on corruption and mismanagement of the resources of our country.
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.
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.
South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.
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.
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.
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.
As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.
To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.
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.
Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.
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.
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.
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.
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.
Some say the Constitution has robbed us of a proper land redistribution process. Others would want to look at other clauses. Well, it's South Africa. Everything is transparent and open for debate.
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.
Corruption in state-owned enterprises and other public institutions has undermined our government's programs to address poverty and unemployment.
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.
We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
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.
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.
Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.
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.
Nobody, no family, is above the law.
I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.
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.
Marikana is a huge wake-up call.
I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.
We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.
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.
We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.
As the ANC, we have got to condemn violence as a method of addressing our differences and disputes amongst us.
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.
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.
Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.
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.
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.
It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.
Climate change is a reality.
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.
Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.
To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.
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.
Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
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.
