African National Congress

Parliament reaffirms its respect for the judgment of the Constitutional Court and will act in full compliance with the order and directions of the court.

— Statement by Thoko Didiza, National Assembly Speaker, following the Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala matter

I therefore respectfully want to make it clear that I will not resign.

— Cyril Ramaphosa, in a national address following the Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala matter

Ramaphosa must go. Impeachment now.

— Carl Niehaus, an EFF member of parliament, calling for Ramaphosa's impeachment after the Constitutional Court ruling.

Ramaphosa was a 'constitutional delinquent' who should resign because he had broken the law.

— Nhlamulo Ndhlela (MK) told Newzroom Afrika that Ramaphosa was a 'constitutional delinquent' who should resign because he had broken the law.

You go to the MK [uMkhonto weSizwe] Party, which is led by a bandit, and you go to the EFF, which is led by a bandit called Julius, to tell us that a president who is not a bandit is a bandit.

— Collen Malatji, ANC Youth League president, at a briefing on Tuesday; responding to calls for Ramaphosa to resign

The GNU government wants to sell Eskom. They want to put Eskom in the market, and they think we don't know that. They are collaborating with the IMF. That will never happen as long as we are alive in South Africa,

— Solly Mapaila, Secretary General of the SACP, delivering remarks at the Chris Hani provincial commemoration in Bushbuckridge on Sunday.

There is no place in South Africa for xenophobia, ethnic mobilisation, intolerance or violence.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his weekly newsletter to the nation

As the presidency, we've noted with concern the reports that have since surfaced following this visit identifying an individual who is a person of interest to our law enforcement who was also present during the visit. President Ramaphosa had no prior knowledge of who will be present during the visit nor is he familiar with the said individual.

— Vincent Magwenya, Presidency spokesperson, during a press briefing in Parliament

We have a strong view as the Youth League that the process of parliament must stop until the review is finalised. Because what is on review is a report that must be discussed in that process.

— Collen Malatji, ANC Youth League president

It’s amazing to me that, over the weekend, how many people have been in touch with me to say that, regardless of what the outcome of the committee is, we should protect the president. That would be a terrible decision for South Africa’s long-term future.

— Geordin Hill-Lewis, DA leader, during 702’s Clement Manyathela show, discussing calls to protect the president amid impeachment inquiry.

No one is above the law.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement following the Constitutional Court ruling that revived impeachment proceedings against him.

The president will further encourage our law enforcement agencies to continue with pursuing the matters that are under investigation involving these individuals, and to do so with no fear or any form of hesitation.

— Vincent Magwenya, Presidency spokesperson, at a press conference in Cape Town

What’s happening here, unfortunately, is people who want to keep the inequalities that exist. This act is about doing away with those inequalities, so those that want to keep them, in my view, are benefiting from them.

— Former Health Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, commenting on the Constitutional Court challenge to the National Health Insurance Act