Mr Ramaphosa, who is not known for his brevity, suddenly came out guns blazing over the weekend.
“The events that are unfolding now, are not events that should make us scared. They are not events that should make us afraid of the future that beckons.”
And then he went further.
“A moment of great renewal is upon us and we should not let it go by. We should grasp this nettle because that moment has arrived,” said the man who helped write the country’s constitution.
“Let us act together in unity! Unite our movement, unite our country around one goal.
“The goal of making South Africa great. The goal of making South Africa corruption-free.
“The goal of making South Africa a South Africa we can all be proud of – and getting rid of greedy people, corrupt people within our land.”