Ramaphosa: Let the law address illegal migration concerns:

We will not allow anyone to exploit immigration issues to destabilise our country.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa, writing in his weekly newsletter, said that no one should exploit immigration issues to destabilise the country.

"Our message is clear, everyone has the constitutional right to protest peacefully and within the confines of the law," he said. "However, criminality, intimidation, violence, the destruction of property and any attempt to undermine public safety will not be tolerated."— Police Minister Firoz Cachalia during a joint media conference addressing security for the June 30 protests.

No South African must take any action against any person from any of our African sister countries.

— Ramaphosa spoke to the media on the sidelines of the June 16 Youth Day Commemoration at Nasrec, Soweto, urging that no one take action against people from other African countries.

In this particular instance, the government must formulate a comprehensive legal response to undermine illegal mobilisation, which could lead to vigilantism and result in our country being labelled xenophobic.

— Fikile Mbalula, ANC secretary general, speaking on the sidelines of an ANC volunteers' programme in KwaZulu-Natal about illegal immigration and the need for a legal response ahead of Ramaphosa's address

No other person is allowed, for example, to confront someone in the street to demand proof of nationality.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing the nation about illegal immigration and government actions

"South Africans have the right to protest and to march, as provided for in the Constitution," she said. "But South Africans have no right to take the law into their own hands. As we have indicated before, nobody is going to shut down this country. We must be very clear about that."— Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minister in the Presidency, at a post-Cabinet briefing

South Africans are not xenophobic. South Africans are Africans, and they want to live with other Africans peacefully. Our people are calling on us as leaders to resolve the many challenges that are brought to bear by migration.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa said this during his meeting with Kenyan President William Ruto at the Union Buildings during a state visit to strengthen economic cooperation.

As a society, we must stand against all forms of disinformation, of incitement, of false information being spread around, of racism and ethnic mobilisation.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa, delivering his budget vote address in the National Assembly