Cyril Ramaphosa: “South Africa is a constitutional democracy. We value all South Africans, Black and white.”

We must build a common memory.

As confidence improves, South African businesses must invest. We’ve often heard that businesses [have] billions and billions to invest, and now, as we strengthen this partnership and move into Phase 3, we need to see that happen,

Sacrifice has no colour and courage belongs to no single community.

the US' "absence is their loss" and that the boycott would not prevent the meeting from going ahead