State of the Nation

Zuma to deliver SONA amid disruption threats

President Jacob Zuma delivers his eighth state-of-the-nation address on Thursday amid tight security following threats of disruptions. The Economic Freedom Fighters on Tuesday repeated its threat to interrupt his annual address by asking him questions about his Nkandla homestead. “The EFF will ask questions to Zuma during the Sona because[…]

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Mbete, Modise to be strict during SONA

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete and National Council of Provinces chairwoman Thandi Modise will apply parliamentary rules and conventions strictly during President Jacob Zuma’s state-of-the-nation (Sona) address on Thursday. “We will strictly be following the rules and we will confine ourselves to the rules,” Modise told a media briefing by[…]

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Zuma must talk, or else: EFF

EFF leader Julius Malema has warned that his party will disrupt President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address, if the leader does not appear before Parliament for a question and answer session, the City Press reported on Sunday. Malema sent a two-page letter to Parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete requesting[…]

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