CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

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

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

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

You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.

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

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 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.

New schools, hospitals, clinics, factories, bridges, dams, and airports tell the story of a South Africa that has indeed moved forward.

We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.

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

If you read the Freedom Charter carefully, you will find that - the clause that refers to education, and it says education must be free 'on merit.'

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

The ANC will never die; it will live.

Marikana is a huge wake-up call.

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.

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.

Nobody, no family, is above the law.

South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.

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.

Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed.

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.

If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.

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.

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.