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“I believe things that happen in the ANC family must be handled there.”
“We have to build further on the collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and prevent an investment downgrade.”
“We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.”
“Climate change is a reality.”
“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.”
“What we want is for our young people to be skilled.”
“Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.”
“We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.”
“To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.”
“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 need to mobilise our structures and our supporters to oppose state capture and corruption in whatever form it takes.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.”
“If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.”
“We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.”
“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.”
“It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.”
“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.”
“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.”