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Jacob Zuma
13 quotes
“Ever since I was born I have never been involved in corruption and I will never be corrupt.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the steps of the Johannesburg Public Library after his rape acquittal on 8 May 2006, Manto: Media sensationalised Zuma's shower statement, M&G, 11 May 2006
“One hundred and eleven thousand twohundred and sixty one hundred thousand.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even today, I would fight and die for you. I say that without any hesitation because that is what I stood for when I joined the struggle. I will stand for it until the end.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After his rape acquittal on 8 May 2006, Zuma castigates media after acquittal, M&G, 8 May 2006
“Me?! What? I don’t know, unless I must go to the dictionary and learn what a crook is. I’ve never been a crook. ... I'm saying I'm not a crook, I have never been a crook. I will never be a crook.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In reply to the question 'Are you a crook?', from BBC Panorama interviewer Fergal Keane, 11 February 2008
“As Africans, long before the arrival of religion and [the] gospel, we had our own ways of doing things, ... Those were times that the religious people refer to as dark days but we know that, during those times, there were no orphans or old-age homes. Christianity has brought along these things.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At an event in KwaZulu-Natal, Jacob Zuma blames Christianity for South Africa's problems, The Telegraph, 21 December 2011
“We are going to shoot them, they are going to run; We are going to shoot them, with the machine gun; They are going to run. You are a white man – We are going to hit them – and you are going to run! Shoot the Boer! We are going to hit them – they are going to run! The Cabinet will shoot them with the machine gun! The Cabinet will shoot them with the machine gun! Shoot the Boer!”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Singing to supporters at ANC celebrations in Bloemfontein on 8 January 2012, Is Jan van Riebeeck really the cause of all SA's misfortunes?, Dave Steward (16 January 2015)
“All the trouble began in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck landed in the Cape.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At an ANC fundraiser on 9 January 2015, Jan van Riebeeck Statement Lands Zuma in Hot Soup, by Oliver Ngwenya, 17 January 2015
“South Africans cannot believe that a man who never went to school is the President and that is the reason why he must be attacked 24/7 ... No one has ever said it is a miracle for this man to have become president and wrote a column about it.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking as patron of the Jacob Zuma Foundation at Dube House official residence, Morningside, South Africans cannot believe they have an uneducated president – Zuma, News24, 15 January 2016
“The intention was not in pursuit of corrupt ends or to use state resources to unduly benefit me and my family. Hence, I have agreed to pay for the identified items once a determination is made. There are lessons to be learned for all of us in government which augur well for governance in the future.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Addressing the nation in response to the judgment of the Constitutional Court regarding irregularities by the Department of Public Works during the Nkandla project, and the powers of the Public Protector in this respect…
“The economy is not in our [i.e. black] hands, we are not in control of economic power. We have identified the weaknesses in [land reform]. Willing buyer, willing seller did not work. It made the state’s price tag an unfair process. In addition there are many laws dealing with land which cause confusion and delays. … Land hunger is real.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On 3 March 2017 during his annual address to the National House of Traditional Leaders, Zuma wants ‘black parties’ to unite on land issue, Citizen reporter (3 March 2017)
“When I became ANC president in 2007, we needed to deal with the immediate challenge of HIV/Aids decimating our people. Today, millions of lives have been saved and transformed and we no longer see and read about “Aids babies” who die before their fifth birthday. South Africa today has the biggest treatment programme in the world with more than 3.9 million people on treatment by August 2017.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In defence of his term in office, on twitter, as quoted by Quinton Mtyala in Zuma hits back over Ramaphosa's 'nine lost years' comments, IOL News (29 January 2019)
“Western paradigm brands this criminal.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On page 22 of the 88-page submission to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA), drafted by Jacob Zuma's legal representative Michael Hulley in 2009, as reflected in an NPA analysis document, South Africa – Zuma argues…
“The reality is that we are dealing with the legacy of Apartheid. The economy of Apartheid was racially skewed and structured to take care of the minority, not the majority of the country. Everything you look at, be [it] the infrastructure, or energy, or economic [...], it was all based on wrong and distorted ideology. When commentators comment on this matter of [...] energy, they forget this and want to put the blame to a democratic government. ... before 1994 there was a wrong belief that energy in South Africa was in abundance, ... It was a mistaken view. It was because energy was made to serve a few. Immediately after 1994 when we had to grow the economy to the size of the population, ... when we had to implement the constitution ... and therefore rolled out [...] electricity to the remotest areas of this country, suddenly we realised we don't have enough energy ..., because we're now applying energy not in a false belief, but to [the] reality of the demand of the country.”
Jacob Zuma (born 1942) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On 10 January 2015 at Cape Town Stadium during the ANC's 103rd anniversary celebrations, 2015, Year of the Freedom Charter