It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.

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.'

Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.

We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.

We want to open spaces for young people to thrive in this economy, and that is why we said... when government buys commodities and services, we must have some set aside for young people.

Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative.

We are a big economy, and we must, therefore, show that we can manage it, but not only manage it, but that can transform it so that this economy works for all of our people so that everyone feels that they have a stake in this economy.

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 need to mobilise our structures and our supporters to oppose state capture and corruption in whatever form it takes.

We must be able to identify those who want divide our movement, and say, 'Not in our name.' We need to choose leaders that will not divide the ANC.

We have all the good policies, all right visions, but the problem is implementation. When we come out of national conference, we want those leaders we have chosen to be those who can implement policies.

I believe things that happen in the ANC family must be handled there.

People must respect our movement.

We have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward.

New schools, hospitals, clinics, factories, bridges, dams, and airports tell the story of a South Africa that has indeed moved forward.

Our Vision 2030 remains the blueprint for inclusive growth, social cohesion, and prosperity for all. Under this plan, we will continue to develop skills that can help our country realise its developmental goals and address labour market issues.

We need to work together as social partners to focus on our economy by removing all the obstacles to investment and move South Africa to a higher level of growth.

Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises, and how we deal with 'state capture' are issues that are on our radar screen.

We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.

South Africa must come first in everything we do.

We will wash and clean the ANC, and it will be the ANC you know. The ANC that will work for the people.

Land has been an issue of great concern to our people.

We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.

We must stop the division among us. We must stop factionalism. We must embrace unity; we must embrace working together, because if we are divided, we will not be able to win in 2019.