Supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrate outside Nasrec. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)
- “My wife is 100% made in China.” — Business owner
- KwaZulu-Natal ibuye nelize again: Qanda qoks imband’eskhova. But, yho bagezile shame kule three days! (KwaZulu-Natal returned from the conference with nothing again. An empty egg: As empty as the shin of an owl. But, geez, they were unruly these past four days.) — A delegate
- “Ngenzeni mina kwi ANC (I’m not contesting).” — Jacob Zuma
- “The president is back!” — Observer hours before the results were announced.
- “Asishongo ukuthi uzobuya…Ubuyile!” (We didn’t say he would come back … He is back.) — A delegate
- “Comrades of the media please move. I am very aggrieved. Please move.” — KZN delegate to the media.
- “Mixed feelings. I even left,” — Voting delegate
- “Cyril did nothing for us black majority. He neglected his own constituency of black majority at the expense of small number of white mafias” — A delegate
- “Thabo Mbeki tried to create black capitalists and Ramaphosa is a beneficiary of such. The last time we heard of black multi-billionaires who are in the main economic streamlines was during the Mbeki era.” — A delegate
- “The emperors are naked. So many basic mistakes.” — A delegate
- “Zweli Mkhize’s people were in tears. They don’t even want to talk anymore.” — A journalist.
- “Zuma created Guptas and whatever went to Guptas could have gone to black capitalism.” — A delegate
- “And now the delegates will start leaving as soon as the NEC votes are done. They don’t care about the policies that will affect the country.” — A journalist
- They have no choice but to accept. All of us are subjected to the leadership that has been elected.” — Bheki Mtolo
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