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.
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.
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.
The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate redistribution of land to black South Africans.
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.
Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.
When I was appointed deputy president, I accepted it, and it is the president's prerogative to appoint or remove anyone to the Executive.
I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.
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.
Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.
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.
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 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.
We can make this country the garden of Eden.
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.
In working to end violence against women and children, we need to ensure that men are centrally involved. Men need to organise themselves in a sustained campaign against gender-based violence.
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.
To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.
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.
