"The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC."
"We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again."
"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."
"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."
"I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa."
"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."
"To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more."
"Marikana is a huge wake-up call."
"Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people."
"Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources."
"To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end."
"Climate change is a reality."
"Nobody, no family, is above the law."
"As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament."
"It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive."
"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."
"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."
