Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

As we lay him to rest, may it be that others step forward to follow in his footsteps and take up his spear. May we too speak for those who cannot. May we too give comfort to those in need, especially at this time of hardship.   May we too put love of country before love of self. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

It is my wish that you are consoled by the knowledge that the formidable legacy of your husband, father and brother lives on.   His courage, his compassion and his service to the people of South Africa will remain a light that brightens our darkest day. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

As you walk through this dark valley, I wish that God may grant you the strength to go through your bereavement and leave you only with the cherished memory of our brother and friend, Jackson Mthembu.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

On behalf of the government and the people of South Africa I express our deepest sympathies on your great loss.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

It is because he did not forget his roots and the people he committed to serve when he ascended the ranks to high office, that his place in their minds and hearts is forever assured.   To Mvelases, our hearts go out to you as you go through the grief of a loss so overwhelming. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He was gentle, but could be firm and uncompromising when the occasion demanded. He was a man of the people and for the people.   He stood for them, he worked for them, and he measured his life by how loyally he served them.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

It is a reminder of just what a multifaceted personality he was. He loved being amongst people, but at the same time enjoyed solitude and introspection.   He was a leader who understood the power of collective leadership, of discipline and of forging unity. #RIPJacksonMthembu — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Over the past few days I have been heartened by the number of people who have told me of the role Mvelase played not just in their careers, but in instilling in them what it truly means to be a public servant.   This has had a profound impression on me. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We may have lost his principled strident voice, but his spirit lives on in the countless young men and women that he mentored and trained over the years.   Many have gone on to occupy valued positions within society.   #RIPJacksonMthembu — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He risked his life for the liberation of our country and despaired as we stumbled & as we lost our way. It is the greatest tragedy to have lost him at this time, as we strive to return to a path of integrity, of selfless service and of transformation.   And yet we do not despair. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He was never deceived by the false smiles and empty promises of those who sought to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor and the weak.   He called them out, and he didn’t care if they were more powerful than he was.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Minister Mthembu was a kind and gentle soul, but when it came to corruption, to self-serving leadership and to brazen abuse of power, you would see another side to him.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We must complete what he was not able to finish in his lifetime: the cause of renewing and rebuilding his beloved movement, of restoring the nation’s faith in this government, and of building an ethical state that is led by men and women of honour, of principle and of conviction. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

As we pay homage to him today, let us remember him for what he was, a servant leader who loved the people of this great land, and put them above love of party, of leader, and of self.   It is not enough to eulogise our departed comrade.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He took us as the nation into his confidence, and he permitted us in his private space to share in his sorrow.   And today, we the people of South Africa mourn with you as an extended family, for he was not just our leader. He was our brother.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

In doing so he was showing solidarity with every other South African man, woman and child who had gone through pain or hardship.   He was saying to us: I know what it feels like. I have been through it too. I am with you, and you do not need to feel alone. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We remember a leader of substantial stature who engaged everyone with respect and dignity.   To the Mthembu family, it could not have been easy.   We know that he was open about the tragedies that befell the family when his daughter passed away and when he lost his mother. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We remember the intellectual force of his contribution in every structure that he served.   We will miss the way he swayed, cajoled and persuaded all of us with his rich and booming voice, his charming words, his clever turn of phrase and his wonderful sense of humour. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We remember the committed member and leader of the ANC who for many years served as its spokesperson and its Chief Whip in Parliament.   We remember him as a spirited and lively MP who won the respect of his peers, even on the opposition benches.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We remember the young firebrand, student activist and trade union leader who fought for our liberation from tyranny, guided not by ambition or expectation of reward, but by his principles.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

To the Constitution he pledged to defend and protect.   To his Cabinet colleagues and to me as his President.   But his greatest loyalty was reserved for this country and its people. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He was faithful and loyal.   To his movement, the African National Congress.   To the government he swore to serve.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He was a voice of reason, a voice of wisdom, which he exemplified in the advice he gave me as a Minister in the Presidency.   Not a single day would go past without him calling me for some matter or other.   At times he would call just to say, “How are you, Mr President?”. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

I will remember him for his kindness, his professional approach, but above all for his ever-present sense of calm, even in a crisis or when we would be under extreme pressure.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He was an honest man who never hesitated to speak up for what he believed to be right, no matter the cost.   His life was full of meaning and accomplishment in the way he dedicated himself to serve the people of our country.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He laughed – with his entire body – about things that he probably shouldn’t have, just as he cared deeply about everything that he should.   He was principled and a man of great courage, in times of both calm and difficulty.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

He was generous in spirit and had a charming personality.   He had the endearing ability to lift my mood and fortify my resolve in even the most difficult situations.   He had a sense of humour that was often most irreverent.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

I have lost not just a dependable colleague and a comrade.   I have lost a dear friend, and it is a loss I feel most keenly.   Minister Mthembu had many virtues that I observed over the many years of the friendship we shared.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

By his family, by his community, by his colleagues in Cabinet, by his comrades in the ANC, by his fellow MPs, and by his friends in the media with whom he had longstanding and cordial relations.   #RIPJacksonMthembu 🕊 — PolitiTweet.org