While load shedding may not interrupt President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2023 state of the nation address (Sona) on Thursday, the same cannot be said of some political parties in the country. SONA2023 🏛
, the red berets and the National Freedom Party are likely to give him a hard time and expected to implement “talk shedding” to avoid the president from saying one word.to address the Chamber until the Phala Phala matter is resolved, while NFP secretary general Canaan Mdletshe toldMdletshe said Ramaphosa has failed to lead South Africa and must step down.
“I do not think that we are going to be muscled out, but we are going to make sure that we disrupt the president. He must not have it easy on Thursday… he must be disrupted. We are, therefore, calling on all other MPs including those from the ANC to do the same thing.
“Peaceful protests are a feature of our constitutional democracy and a means to express views on the state of the nation address. Appropriate arrangements will be made to receive memorandum where required,” she said.
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