Everything that I do seeks to improve the lives of the people in this country. Unfortunately, the methodology and the tactics to do that may make oth… - Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

it’s important that as science and innovation ... we provide a market for them. If we do not have confidence in the people of South Africa and their innovations, who’s going to have confidence [in them]? You find that many local innovations are sold back to us [as foreign concepts].

But the two things I’m committed to are that I shouldn’t undermine the Constitution of this country and I shouldn’t steal from the poor. From there, nobody is going to stop me for as long as I don’t do those two things.

I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to make my mark in terms of serving the people of this country. I’m prepared to make enemies.