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" 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. "

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" Corruption in state-owned enterprises and other public institutions has undermined our government's programs to address poverty and unemployment. "

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" 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. "

" There is nothing wrong with students demanding free education, and, in fact, it is something that our children deserve. "

" It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive. "

" Students want free education because their parents are struggling. The fees of universities and technikons are too high. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People must respect our movement. "

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

" 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. "

" We must be able to identify those who want divide our movement, and say, 'Not in our name.' We need to choose leaders that will not divide the ANC. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again. "

" I believe things that happen in the ANC family must be handled there. "

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

" 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. "

" We must stop the division among us. We must stop factionalism. We must embrace unity; we must embrace working together, because if we are divided, we will not be able to win in 2019. "

" I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "