READ IT IN FULL: Cyril Ramaphosa's full address at the ANC Siyanqoba Rally
We are gathered here today, in our tens of thousands, to issue a clarion call to all the people of this great land.This is a call to the young people who want to learn and to work and to build a life that is better than what they have today.
As the people of South Africa, let us declare with one clear and loud voice that we choose to go forward.This is the message that our people gave us as we criss-crossed the country – from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha in the south to Musina and Thohoyandou in the north, from Ngwavuma and KwaMashu and Mthatha in the east to Mahikeng and Upington and Springbok and Vredendaal in the west.We have met with artisans, shop assistants, teachers, nurses, students, artists and pensioners.
They are frustrated at the slow rate of economic growth and the grinding effects of poverty and unemployment. We are ready to work together, side-by-side with all South Africans, to build a country in which all may thrive and in which all may prosper.That is why, working together, we will build a growing economy for the benefit of all.It has never been done before in this country.
It is through initiatives like the Youth Employment Service, Tshepo 1 Million and NARYSEC that we will create pathways into work for young people. It is by accelerating the redistribution of land and by financing emerging black farmers that we will ignite an agricultural revolution that transforms the South African countryside.
But if all of these efforts are to be successful, we must ensure that the youth of this country have the skills they need now and into the future.Every moment in a child’s development is essential. Unless they have teachers who are competent and committed, unless they have parents who are supportive, unless we have education officials who are honest and efficient, we will fail our children.We will not allow the doors of our universities and colleges to remain closed to the children of the poor and the working class.
Working with the broader women and gender movement, we will continue to take practical steps to advance women’s emancipation. But let there be no doubt – those responsible for state capture and corruption will be held to account.The police and prosecutors will be further strengthened and their independence will be assured, so that they can act against those who are corrupt without fear or favour.
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