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.
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.
We want to renew our vows with our people. We want to reconnect with our people. We want to get our people excited again.
There is nothing wrong with students demanding free education, and, in fact, it is something that our children deserve.
Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.
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.
Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.
We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
We now know, without any shred of uncertainty, that billions of rands of public resources have been diverted into the pockets of a few.
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.
If you read the Freedom Charter carefully, you will find that - the clause that refers to education, and it says education must be free 'on merit.'
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.
We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.
Some say the Constitution has robbed us of a proper land redistribution process. Others would want to look at other clauses. Well, it's South Africa. Everything is transparent and open for debate.
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.
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.
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.
Marikana is a huge wake-up call.
