African National Congress Politicians

"I don’t know how it happened but I know that the community voted for me. I had won the area but on the day I was going to sign at the mayor’s office I couldn’t.”"

"Arts and Culture which allows us to know where we come from is not being taught at schools. I would like to encourage the youth to know that the birth of democracy and a new country did not mean that you were born free"

"We believe that this fund is a good initiative by the Department of Small Business Development to bolster the tourism sector, as it has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The committee has always held a view that financial and non-financial support to the SMMEs by government should be industry-specific in order to address the felt need in a particular sector."

"The committee will find a slot to invite both the department and Sefa to present their plans to implement the fund,”"

"Now there was a powerful person and they could not stop him. As far as I’m concerned he (Luthuli) was buried alive because he was not allowed to go anywhere"

"The ANC needs to fire their president if they want to stay in power"

"Zuma was not elected by individuals but residents of the country. Therefore we cannot just fire him"

"Because he had become a nuisance to the regime. It’s recorded that they tried many ways of putting him out while he was alive so that he should not have a voice in the affairs of the country, but they failed"

"We are very concerned about the generation we are leaving behind, it should be a generation that should know what to do for the country,” she said, commending Phansi museum on its efforts to make the youth aware of what was going on around them"

"If I were to reach the end of my tenancy in 2014 and have all these schools connected, I will be happy."

"I relived the trauma of solitary confinement, but I am much relieved that I’ve achieved this."

"We anticipate that by March 2012, the digital signal will cover more than 60% of the population."

"It was amazing to see the active engagement and this inspired me to try to start a discussion with my then torturer."

"Imagine if you were given a name by your parents to identify you, and someone took it away and replaced it with a number? It’s the worst thing for a human."

"Without the ANC we would not be here. During the times when it was very difficult, the ANC was able to galvanise support from outside the country."

"So, we really do not want this second wave of COVID-19 to come back, because we don't really know how strong it is. Stopping the second wave really is in our hands. We can make a huge difference by conducting ourselves properly, in a way that prevents the spread of the virus.""

"The key concerns from the public mainly have to do with community issues and the adverse impact of environmental degradation, which were not addressed by the previous minerals act."

"The act promotes the concept of sustainable development in that it requires that social, economic and environmental factors are integrated in the planning of mines."

"In this regard appropriate skills development programmes should be put in place and integrated into the exploitation of the country’s mineral resources. Opportunities must also be made available for previously disadvantaged people, including women."

"The act promotes the concept of sustainable development in that it requires that social, economic and environmental factors are integrated in the planning of mines. Such an approach will require the development and implementation of appropriate social and labour plans as well as sustainable environmental management plans."

"No one can tell your story better than you, because you experienced it. I urge the veterans to pen your stories – tell your stories."

"We're pleading with owners of establishments that people go to in order to have a 'good time'... to enforce these regulations, because if we don't take them seriously, it could mean that in a few months' time, we could return to Lockdown Level 5. Then, we will not be able to go out because our infections will be growing."

"Beneficiation is crucial to ensure that the country maximises the benefits from its mineral resources, especially in terms of economic development and employment potential."

"During my business trip to China by leading a delegation of 19 companies last year, I'm impressed that there was growing commitment among Chinese companies for partnership to work with local companies in Africa to strengthen cooperation in multiple fields, including new energy and the processing of agricultural products."

"We would also want to promote the relationship between our academic institutions as China has premier universities to skill our people to be able to manage the modernization and industrialization programs."

"China is leading in these areas, so there is huge potential that we can strengthen our cooperation on advancing modernization."

"We believe that cooperation between the two countries will further enable us to contribute more to the development of the Global South as well as the peace, stability and prosperity of the world at large."

"legislators would find the handbook useful as they did oversight and that it would enhance their knowledge of children’s rights."

"Despite existing legislation and support services, recent incidents reported in the media of the rape of the most vulnerable children, those with disabilities, had shown that there was still significant room for improvement in applying children’s rights."

"The three initiatives are very critical and will play an important role in promoting the development of African countries."

"To advance modernization in Africa, we need to look at our economic endowments and how it can unlock the huge development opportunities, which means creating a very positive business environment, improving the services to African people, and leveraging new technologies, including cleaner technologies around energy and the electrical vehicles."

"Thank you for not forgetting who you are and where you come from."

"Your story will never be forgotten. We know the pain of our country and it needs us to be strong.The fight of the people will never die on our watch."

"We are still a young democracy and people are still very mad about many things. I believe we should transform as a society. We need to create a dialogue and space for people to talk about the trauma of the past and a space for the young people to read about it."

"There are many sad illustrations of the inadequacy of facilities for children with all forms of disabilities. We do not have enough facilities in Gauteng, for example, to cater for children with disabilities and that opens them to all kinds of abuse."

"Many people have passed without telling their stories. We will cement our history, like the statues we see of Jan van Riebeek and Cecil John Rhodes in the city, but no memories of our struggle heroes. Don’t let the free South Africa die with us."

"While the committees have been vigilant in monitoring progress, it is envisaged that the handbook will provide MPs with information and tools that will help keep children, their rights, issues, needs and issues on the front burner inside and outside Parliament."

"We look forward to consolidating this relationship and taking it to the next level."

"Those times we had proper allies and companionship. We did it for the love of our people. This country needs more love – we don’t have this now."

"We have a lot of projects that we want youth to be involved in. We need to instil the passion, so that they can see this sector as another career path"

"The country is water scarce and in provinces such as Northern Cape, this is an issue of life and death. These plants are available everywhere in the world not only in South Africa"

"For many years Butterworth was one of the dirtiest towns in the country. The Department of Environmental Affairs through Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programme have turned that situation around by declaring the War on Waste by implementing [these] projects"

"There are many alien plants and they are categorised according to its use. We have introduced biological control that can provide complete control of the problem, it reduces the need for using a chemical substance"

"Funding of waste services is one of the areas that we need to put more energy in along with a need to maximize on efficient budgeting and utilisation of available resources sparingly. It is often a cry of local government that there are no funds to carry out waste delivery functions, often referred to as ‘unfunded mandates’. We are working closely with National Treasury to ensure that funds for waste management are allocated and that they are sufficient, however; local government has to put systems in place for efficient budgeting and be able to achieve more with less"

"I want to say to this House I did the best I could to do my job and if I made a mistake, I want to apologise.."

"These projects will generate approximately 2 536 work opportunities and 5 500 full-time equivalent opportunities, over two years. The beneficiaries of this programme will help in achieving the Government’s objective of responsible coastal management by contributing to the development and maintenance of coastal infrastructure along the coast. They will also assist municipalities in obtaining and maintaining blue flag status for their beaches, regular coastal clean-ups, as well as the removal of invasive alien vegetation"

"It is very exiting for me to roll out broadband to those in the rural communities, particularly to help develop educational standards, in particular through our e-Skills Institute, as well as encourage small and medium enterprises to have a greater reach to their target markets."

"Greater beneficiation in the mineral sector requires collaboration from all stakeholders in terms of, among other things, creating an enabling environment throughout the minerals and mining value chain."

"All I know is that I serve at the pleasure of the president. If tomorrow he doesn’t want me, I will go."

"it’s important that as science and innovation ... we provide a market for them. If we do not have confidence in the people of South Africa and their innovations, who’s going to have confidence [in them]? You find that many local innovations are sold back to us [as foreign concepts]."