"But if you must know I myself got pregnant before the age of 16 and quickly got another baby when I was 16 and I disappointed my grandmother who was taking care of us through hardship."

"The main reason why we keep pushing for women is that we believe as women we have the capacity and capability to be in a leadership position of the African National Congress."

"As a respected elder in the ANC, she will continue to be a key figure in the country’s political landscape."

"Her influence will likely remain in the areas of defense, women’s rights, and leadership."

"Her work has focused on improving the lives of disadvantaged South Africans, particularly women and military veterans."

"She was instrumental in transforming the South African military by focusing on gender inclusivity and the wellbeing of veterans."

"Mapisa-Nqakula’s political journey was shaped by her early activism, especially her involvement in the ANC Women’s League."

"The majority of people in this industry are women but they mostly remain in entry level positions."

"“We have identified areas where we can work together on promotion, while we are also discussing issues of infrastructure and hotel grading."

"My department is working with various other ministerial departments on joint ventures which will be beneficial for the tourism sector."

"We aim to encourage South African citizens to travel within their own country."

"It is a call to action for all South Africans, reminding them tourism is an important industry for their economy"

"The government has assigned the deputy prime minister to look into our state owned entities."

"Within the South African Development Community we have finally finished restructuring our marketing and promotion entity; it now coordinates all 15 countries."

"Not doing your best and putting the utmost into it was not acceptable,"

"There have been licences come up overseas, where they’ve been short term and the government wanted to retain control over lots of important elements, around what products you can have, whether you can change them and the retail network."

"I’ve loved this industry for so long and am so passionate about it. People talk about lotteries as something that provides a lift in their day. [The lottery] gives people something to hope for and to look forward to."

"And I wouldn’t go into the convenience store. Mum would pull up outside and ask if I would run in and get a loaf of bread. I would say: ‘Oh no, I won’t go in.’ I was way too shy.”"

"It’s having that full control over our destiny, our focus and not having to compete for capital. That allows us to prioritise what we think is important for our business in terms of capital, all our resources, operational expenditure, everything.”"

"My mum will tell stories of me hiding behind her skirt when we went up the road to visit her closest friend, whose daughter was my best friend."

"As we build a viable provincial and municipal infrastructure for effective delivery of services to communities”, let us: “Count Her In. Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress."

"As this department, we can boast of having established a women in Human Settlements Task Team which comprises of women stakeholders within the human settlements value chain."

"to improve efficiencies in responding to disasters, human settlements emergencies response has been centralised at the national department, including policy changes that emphasize use of alternative building technologies to respond to disasters in rural areas."

"we celebrate our absolute right to property enshrined in our constitution, we are mindful of the Palestinian people in the struggle for their right to live and prosper in the land of their birth. We commend our government and the people of South Africa for taking resolute action in support of the Palestinian cause."

"The overcrowding in inner cities, dilapidated, neglected and hijacked buildings as well as continued spread of informal settlements are as a direct result of the stubbornness of the inhumane heritage of the apartheid- era spatial planning."

"These are but not limited to; unblocking of blocked projects, upgrading of informal settlements, eradication of asbestos roofing and mud-houses, and finally the social housing programmes that are aimed at transforming the inner cities and locating our communities closer to economic opportunities."

"We are deeply concerned about the deterioration of human settlements programmes in the Gauteng metros. Specifically, the City of Tshwane continues to underperform in human settlements grants. In the past three financial years, the City continued to forfeit unspent funds to the Revenue Fund."

"It provides for mechanisms and procedures to facilitate the settlements of intergovernmental disputes and it also provides for matters connected there with."

"integration relates to a multi-sectoral approach that is coordinated with all different sectors operating in concert so that results in one area are re-enforced by achievements in another"

"We are to settle our people so that they experience decent housing as against the past human settlements patterns where the question of race, class and gender was the order of the day."

"Therefore our MuniMec as a working session on matters relating to human settlement should engage on finding innovative measures of enhancing service delivery and eradication of poverty amongst our communities."

"For we are gathered within these four wall with the voice of reason, the voice of providing our community with decent settlement devoid of racial and class patterns, in fact the voice of humanity."

"For I cannot lose sight of the reality that your presence here , represent the aspiration of millions of our people across the length and breadth of our province with their hope and trust on us as elected leaders to champion their cause."

"It is within our shoulders as leaders gathered here that the goals we have set ourselves as outlined in our manifesto will be apprehended if we could set aside our differences and work in unity as partners within our scope of mandates."

"It is a work in progress as there are still many issues with respect to such a bank to sort out. One can expect further discussions and negotiations going forward."

"There are some hurdles, but these are being negotiated and I am confident that it will be resolved."

"Establishing a development bank is not a small endeavour which is why the leaders at the previous summit requested the ministers of finance to thoroughly investigate all the aspects around the possibility of forming such an institution."

"There are certain sectors which both partners have identified as strategic industries and they both have to tread carefully when negotiating these."

"Its aim is to provide additional and also niche financing where it is not available or forthcoming, notably for emerging markets and developing economies in sectors critical for attaining their developmental goals."

"Pursuant to our desire for functional partnership, it is my humble appeal to our municipalities, who are often the coal face of service delivery, to effect sound management systems over housing subsidies management."

"When we restore the dignity of our people through human settlements, we do not only deliver a house, but quality houses with norms and standards to support the needs of the community including persons with disabilities. Moreover, we deliver human settlements with social amenities."

"I know I am nothing but I will do good in Parliament. Even without an education, I know what people on the ground go through every day. I went through that all my life.”"

"These were young men I knew. Some of them had come to me for advice and we were building a community here together.”"

"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,”"

"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"