OVERVIEW: 16 quotes that made MPs roar, laugh and sigh during the #SonaDebate

1. The DA remains the epitome of white male privilege - ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu

2. EFF bullies have no place in our democracy - Mthembu

3. Watch your back, DA chief whip John Steenhuisen cautions President Cyril Ramaphosa

4. Where is Ramaphosa's 'Thuma Mina' for struggling students, asks the DA's Yusuf Cassim

5. DA challenges Ramaphosa to crack the whip on ministers Nomvula Mokonyane and Gwede Mantashe; and MP Vincent Smith

6. EFF leader Julius Malema threatens to shut down Independent Power Producers if Eskom is privatised

7. "It’s my maiden speech, nobody must heckle," Mantashe tells Parliament

8. 'Bosasa!' opposition MPs shout as Mantashe goes to the podium

9. "You will remain the President who had no backbone..." - DA MP Phumzile van Damme to Ramaphosa

10. "She [Naledi Pandor] only acts clever. I am not going to be like the Honorable Willie Madisha and say 'hong hong hong'" - Cassim

11. "As a Muslim, I object to the pig sounds made to me," responds Pandor

12. "Medupi and Kusile were badly designed and badly constructed" - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan

13. "President, do not send these criminals to Parliament, send them to jail," - the DA's Natasha Mazzone on state capture

14. "I am ashamed, as a black South African, that our government has failed to do what even an oppressive colonial government did. Not a single traditional council or house of traditional leaders is allocated a budget" - IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi

15. "For whatever is left of my life, that broken promise will be the knife in my heart" - Buthelezi on a signed 1994 Memorandum of Agreement with Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk

16. "If now you promise the sun, moon and stars, and again fail to deliver, South Africa will go up in flames" - Buthelezi about the ANC's broken promises

ICYMI: You can watch how the debate unfolded here:

Improvements are evident at the TVET colleges. Placing NSFAS under administration was a positive move. Prior to the Dec 2017 announcement of free education for the poor and working class students, funding of the system had not kept up with enrollments.

University fees had become increasingly unaffordable and still are, hence the need for a regulatory framework. We had insufficient funding to support young people in higher education hence the situation we confront today of just over a billion rands in debt.

At universities, the current average full cost of studying is about R90 000 a year. We provide R50 000 for registration and tuition fees and R40 000 for allowances that are books, meals, accommodation and transport.

At colleges, the current full cost of studying is about R50 000 a year. R10 000 for registration and tuition fees and R40 000 for allowances. This year, government is providing R30.8bn in grants to support over 750 000 young people in post-secondary education.

es, there are gaps and challenges. We need more university and college places, we need partnerships from the private sector, we need more young people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

For now, we ask students from families in higher income brackets to support our cause by funding higher education for their children when they have the means to do so. We ask businesses, philanthropists and foundations to assist us in this endeavor.

It is imperative that we do not allow any person to hijack legitimate protest for political mischief.

I am pleased that students and management are talking to and resolving issues and working together to address the obstacles confronted by students.

Nkosazana Dlamini says the ANC is an honest organisation. But the reality is that the whole ANC cabal is corrupt to the core.

It's time for you Mr President to tackle of crime ferociously. Your ministers are accepting bribes and no action is taken.

We must continue to strive for a healthy and safe workplace. Hence renewed focus on the goal of zero harm at work; reaffirmed at the Mine Health and Safety Summit in 2018.

A healthy and safe workplace is good for workers, investors and the economy.

De Beers is already taking advantage of the opportunity availed by the Mining Charter 3, by reviving the exploration and prospecting projects they had withheld.

Total’s exploration in the Outeniqua Basin injected an investment of US $100m to our economy.

There is regulatory and policy certainty in mining. Mining Charter 3 was gazetted to national and international acclaim in 2018.

We are working on a legislative framework to separate petroleum from mining, in order to unlock its potential for the economy.

Further, mining regulation is aligned with other legislation, such as environment. This we did to safeguard the nation’s fauna and flora, as heritage for future generations.

This is work in progress; much more still needs to be done.

To support the Mineral Petroleum Resource Development Act, we introduced the Mining Charter 1 as a tool of transformation to:

1. deracialise ownership of the mineral resources

2. improve the living and working conditions of the workers

3. enable economic empowerment and development of our communities

4. advance human resources and research development in mining and to engender beneficiation of our mineral resources.

The President calls us all to make a concerted effort to grow the economy; and ensure it is inclusive and, therefore, integrate those who for years have been excluded.

This can occur when individual sectors of the economy receive the necessary attention.