Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

Cyril Ramaphosa

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 17, 1952

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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

Cyril Ramaphosa

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

Cyril Ramaphosa

We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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

Cyril Ramaphosa

Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Corruption in state-owned enterprises and other public institutions has undermined our government's programs to address poverty and unemployment.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.

Cyril Ramaphosa

To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa

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.

Cyril Ramaphosa