Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Cyril Ramaphosa
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a South African politician Cyril Ramaphosa.
Last updated on July 27, 2024.
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.
We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
Leaders are meant to lead from the front, but at the same time, they are also meant to listen to what their followers are saying.
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.
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.
If we are not honest, we are not going to be able to forge unity.
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.
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.
Nobody, no family, is above the law.
To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.
We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.
If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.
To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.
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.
As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.
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.
Marikana is a huge wake-up call.
I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.
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.
Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative.
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.
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.
You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.
Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.
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.
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.
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.
New schools, hospitals, clinics, factories, bridges, dams, and airports tell the story of a South Africa that has indeed moved forward.
We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.
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.
Our Vision 2030 remains the blueprint for inclusive growth, social cohesion, and prosperity for all. Under this plan, we will continue to develop skills that can help our country realise its developmental goals and address labour market issues.
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.
Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.
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.
We need to mobilise our structures and our supporters to oppose state capture and corruption in whatever form it takes.
South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
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.
Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.
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.
Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
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 must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
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 will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.
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.
I believe that our economy is not a one- or two-percent growth economy; I believe it can grow at four percent, and we can revitalize our economy if we do the right things.
Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.
No man is born believing that he has dominion over women. Instead, this view is handed down from generation to generation and amplified through social custom, culture, and popular media.
Climate change is a reality.
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.
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.
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 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.
We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.
We need to work together as social partners to focus on our economy by removing all the obstacles to investment and move South Africa to a higher level of growth.
Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.
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.
It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.
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