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" We are a big economy, and we must, therefore, show that we can manage it, but not only manage it, but that can transform it so that this economy works for all of our people so that everyone feels that they have a stake in this economy. "

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" We must listen to the concerns of our people without dismissing them. When people see something wrong, there is something wrong. When our people see corruption, it means there is corruption. When our people see that their resources are being stolen by certain people, it means this is happening, and we should listen. "

Cyril Ramaphosa

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Corruption

Listen

" People must respect our movement. "

" 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. "

" South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all. "

" Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable. "

" There are times when leadership needs to take a bold move forward. And there are times when the leadership needs to act on the basis of what the grass roots say. You need to have your political thermometer constantly in the political waters to know when to give leadership in what way. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed. "

" We need to mobilise our structures and our supporters to oppose state capture and corruption in whatever form it takes. "

" We should put behind us the era of diminishing trust in public institutions and weakened confidence in our country's public leaders. "

Cyril Ramaphosa

Country

Trust

" Land has been an issue of great concern to our people. "

" We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs. "

" We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land. "

" 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. "

" We can make this country the garden of Eden. "

" 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. "

" When I was appointed deputy president, I accepted it, and it is the president's prerogative to appoint or remove anyone to the Executive. "

" You can never have unity if you want things to go your way. "

" We must be determined to get rid of factions within the ANC. We must get rid of divisions within the ANC. "

" To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more. "

Cyril Ramaphosa

Education

Generation

" We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that. "

" 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. "

" Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative. "

" 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 need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We have to have a good look at the Constitution. Let's determine where the shortcomings are. Then we can start talking of clauses. "

" As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament. "