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Climate change is a reality.
Marikana is a huge wake-up call.
We can make this country the garden of Eden.
South Africa must come first in everything we do.
What we want is for our young people to be skilled.
Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
Land has been an issue of great concern to our people.
You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.
South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.
As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.
If we are not honest, we are not going to be able to forge unity.
We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
I believe things that happen in the ANC family must be handled there.
I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.
Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.
We have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward.
To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.
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.
If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.
It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.
We need to make sure that the ANC branches are strong, that they can lead the communities we live in.
We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.
We will wash and clean the ANC, and it will be the ANC you know. The ANC that will work for the people.
We must be determined to get rid of factions within the ANC. We must get rid of divisions within the ANC.
Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.
Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.
As the ANC, we have got to condemn violence as a method of addressing our differences and disputes amongst us.
We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
We remain a highly unequal society in which poverty and prosperity are still defined by race as well as gender.
We need to rid our State Owned Enterprises of corruption because the money being siphoned out should be funding them.
We need to mobilise our structures and our supporters to oppose state capture and corruption in whatever form it takes.
There is nothing wrong with students demanding free education, and, in fact, it is something that our children deserve.
Students want free education because their parents are struggling. The fees of universities and technikons are too high.
Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative.
We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.
We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.
Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.
Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.
We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.
We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.
Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.
We have to build further on the collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and prevent an investment downgrade.
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.
We have to have a good look at the Constitution. Let's determine where the shortcomings are. Then we can start talking of clauses.
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 should put behind us the era of diminishing trust in public institutions and weakened confidence in our country's public leaders.
We now know, without any shred of uncertainty, that billions of rands of public resources have been diverted into the pockets of a few.
New schools, hospitals, clinics, factories, bridges, dams, and airports tell the story of a South Africa that has indeed moved forward.