African National Congress Politicians

"Regarding the licensing of educators, the Committee heard that the department was working with the South African Council for Educators (SACE) to professionalise teaching through standard setting and the strengthening of the induction of new teachers."

"The proposal is to provide newly qualified teachers with provisional registration. In conjunction with the department, SACE is working on introducing a policy on professional standards."

"The Committee looks forward to the release of the final report on the “Jobs for Cash” so it can interrogate the issue and put the matter to bed that has been the thorn in the flesh of the education sector as a whole. The Committee will continue to keep an eye all issues discussed to monitor the progress,"

"I am passionate about youth development and as a person who has always been an activist, I’ve always been about seeing young people using their gift to empower themselves into bettering their lives to contribute to society."

"It’s about hard work, sacrificing family time, always making sure that you do more with less and making sure that you change the lives of people. So, the uncertainty was there – you ask yourself whether it was the right decision or not."

"Sport can create jobs, contribute to the economy and deal with several social ills that we have in our communities. That is why when this opportunity was presented to me, I accepted it with both hands because I understood the role that I had to play as an MEC."

"The uncertainty also creeps in when you start asking yourself questions on whether the work that was started was going to continue without you. I’ve already made up my mind that I needed a new path and a path that would make me grow not only as a politician, but as Onicca as a whole."

"I had to make sure that it was not just about me but about catering to various people and their pallets. I finally met with the head chef for Green Lounge who was also equally passionate but not very keen about healthy eating."

"Everything that we need for healing, God has provided. After the whole world was taken by storm by the pandemic, I had to sit down and figure out what I could do as an individual with the gift of healing that God has given me."

"We had to combine both our skills with me being a nutritionist and getting a chef who has been working in five-star restaurants in the US. It was a good combination for the times when I am being overly sensitive about the health aspect of things."

"There are numerous barriers, I mean the issue of funding was a challenge for me. The business was almost self-funded. The biggest challenge is always the issue of access to funding more than anything."

"Women are lagging in terms of leading in the hospitality industry. We need to encourage women to take up space because the future is female."

"The ingredient for excellence is that I teach my staff exceptionalism. I have gone to tons of restaurants, and this is what I’ve always been teaching. I used to tell my staff that many people start catering because it’s a business that does not have a lot of challenges. So what kept us in the industry for such a long time is because of what I call exceptionalism and being able to be different in your offering, in your approach and paying close attention to detail."

"We should not allow a situation where people can challenge Parliament when it is doing its duty. An inquiry might take too long. My opinion is to use a shortcut – go straight to Zuma – for the sake of the country,"

"moving forward, a much more stringent process must be exercised when choosing people for an asset such as the public broadcaster."

"If oversight is not done properly, including respecting the Broadcasting Act in as far as the SABC is concerned, it leads to a lot of problems"

"I wish the portfolio committee well in dealing with this task. The shortest process is for the president to get members of the board to step down and then constitute an interim board"

"I met serious challenges beyond what I can carry and therefore cannot successfully deliver the mandate vested in me to the best of my abilities.”"

"A lot can be achieved when a committee understands what it has to do, which is to ensure that government accounts. It is not always easy for the parties to agree."

". I did a lot of work on culture and women’s issues when I was still in Lusaka, trying to establish what support we could get from the Nordic countries. We had clothes collected for cadres in the residences of ANC all across Africa. Some of the clothes also went to the soldiers in the camps. We were maintained in that way."

"Their responsibility was to take care of the children's needs with clothes. On the medical and nutrition levels, I remember that a course was put together which was tailored for those who were going to take care of our children."

". It was an introduction on how to take care of an infant when you do not have all the resources. I know, because immediately after that I benefited from the same experience when my daughter was born with lots of allergies. I had to get the knowledge from people who had gone through that course."

"We needed child care facilities to be able to keep our children while we were at work. Otherwise most of us would never have had the opportunity of going to school, taking part in the process of running ANC offices or being part of the military structures."

"At times it also assisted us to cater for casualties, such as unplanned pregnancies, where a young mother still wanted to pursue her schooling"

"It was very important and we are appreciative of that experience. We also did a lot of work around women’s programmes."

"I was editor of the ANC women’s journal, Voice of Women, for some time and I remember that our publication was funded at some stage by SIDA. It enabled us to produce and distribute the bulletin, both internationally and internally through our underground structures."

"There is the Trinity – God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. But others think there is also God Stella."

"I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to make my mark in terms of serving the people of this country. I’m prepared to make enemies."

"But the two things I’m committed to are that I shouldn’t undermine the Constitution of this country and I shouldn’t steal from the poor. From there, nobody is going to stop me for as long as I don’t do those two things."

"Everything that I do seeks to improve the lives of the people in this country. Unfortunately, the methodology and the tactics to do that may make others uncomfortable."

"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]."

"That tells you that in the department you need a new skill set, but also you have to reconfigure the mandates of the entities."

"I’m the minister of technology. I’m here to disrupt the status quo. I’m not here to make people comfortable."

"Please officials ensure that all the support that the department is constitutionally responsible to provide, is provided before the parents of children who are at schools go to their graves with bitterness that you didn’t do what you were supposed to do.”"

"Although transportation of children is still a challenge, but the delegates heard that the department is beginning to provide transport to children who stay far away from schools."

"School principals and members of school governing bodies also complained about the unavailability of water at schools, a challenge they said is historical and have lost hope on the department that it will ever resolve it."

"The people of South Africa can expect the EFF to give a practical and implementable solution to all their challenges"

"It’s been 30 years into democracy and we have seen a regression on the infrastructure development of our people in general, so the answer lies with the founding manifesto of the EFF which talks about the seven cardinal pillars, with the first being the expropriation of the land. We stand true to the course of land because at the centre of our struggle is the issue of land. For you to talk about the building of infrastructure, you need to have the land"

"We must remove the ANC. People of South Africa, Julius Malema is the incumbent president of the country and he is coming to deliver the manifesto today"

"We are removing the DA, we are removing the ANC. We are going straight to be number one. We are sending Julius Malema to the union buildings"

"The EFF is going to grow. Our growth is going to be exponential, it’s going to grow more than any other party in Mpumalanga"

"We appreciate the quick response time from our team and the co-ordination between the emergency health workers who were able to respond as quickly as we expected them to. Had that not happened, we don’t know what the outcome would have been."

"So, we really appreciate the work that they have done. We would also like to send our condolences to the families of the nine comrades who have tragically lost their lives during the accident, and we want to say, we are keeping them in our prayers"

"Over the years, Mpumalanga has made remarkable strides in reducing the burden of malaria. From 2017 to 2023, we witnessed a 78% reduction in local malaria cases, a testimony of the effectiveness of interventions such as indoor residual spraying. This success reflects the dedication, hard work and collaboration among all stakeholders involved in the fight against malaria."

"It was a deliberate move to have taken people from those communities to be the sprayers there. If the people know you as a community member, they will be comfortable with you entering their intimate spaces. We would also like to reiterate that in order for us to run a successful malaria indoors spraying campaign, our operators need the support and co-operation of all the community members whose households they will visit. By allowing our spray operators into our homes, we have taken a patriotic step to reduce malaria transmission and fatalities, and to accelerate the battle to achieve zero local transmissions of malaria"

"Before we extend the hours or make a centre to operate for 24 hours, we start by monitoring various issues, including the state of the area and where it is located. In Bushbuckridge there are three zones; north, midland and mid-south. In these areas there are 24-hour clinics and they have hospitals. Some of these areas have two clinics operating for 24 hours."

"Pregnant women who would like to deliver their babies should come to this centre and not travel to the hospital, as the services are available here. Let them know that everything is prepared and the facility is ready, especially for them"

"During these 100 days, we've received more than 250 complaints on a daily basis from communities regarding water security issues. Most complaints are about related functions from municipalities"

"We're satisfied that the ministry and the department addressed pressing challenges during the 100 days. We'll continue working with all stakeholders to address these challenges"