Cyril Ramaphosa

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. ”

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

We now know, without any shred of uncertainty, that billions of rands of public resources have been diverted into the pockets of a few. ”

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 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. ”

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. ”

Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health. ”

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. ”

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

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