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Mosiuoa Lekota Quotes

1948–2026 South Africa

Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota (13 August 1948 – 4 March 2026) was a South African politician, who served as the President and Leader of the Congress of the People from 16 December 2008 until his death. Previously as a member of the African National Congress, under President Thabo Mbeki, he served in the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister of Defence from 17 June 1999 to 25 September 2008.

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The people who have now taken power in the name of the ANC are working very hard to destroy the legacy of Mandela, to destroy the constitution that we achieved. And it calls upon us now that to take a stand to say no, but we cannot accept that you destroy our constitutional order.

We are not going to give you money [while] you’re sitting at home every day doing nothing. We must give you jobs [and] we must give you money, because when you work you develop self-respect and dignity

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mosiuoa Lekota (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.