Cyril Ramaphosa

“Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.”

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

“In defence of Madiba's legacy, we will continue to wage a relentless war on corruption and mismanagement of the resources of our country.”

“The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.”

“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.”

“It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.”

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

“South Africa must come first in everything we do.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“We need to rid our State Owned Enterprises of corruption because the money being siphoned out should be funding them.”

“Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.”

“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.”

“As the ANC, we have got to condemn violence as a method of addressing our differences and disputes amongst us.”

“We have all the good policies, all right visions, but the problem is implementation. When we come out of national conference, we want those leaders we have chosen to be those who can implement policies.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

“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.”