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" 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. "

Cyril Ramaphosa

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" We remain a highly unequal society in which poverty and prosperity are still defined by race as well as gender. "

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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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" Marikana should not have happened. We are all to blame, and there are many stakeholders that should take the blame. But taking the blame should mean that we should make sure it never, ever, happens again. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" We need to remind ourselves of the kind of society of which we have dreamed for so long, for which we have fought, and for which so many lost their lives. "

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

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