SONA debate: Opposition MPs continue to poke holes at Ramaphosa speech
Parliamentarians continued criticising the address and Ramaphosa’s fictional character Tintswalo, a beneficiary of African National Congress programmes.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts as he delivers the state of the nation address at the City Hall in Cape Town on February 8, 2024. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER / AFP
CAPE TOWN - Parties have continued slamming President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address on day two of the debate in Cape Town.
Opposition members of Parliament continued picking apart the address, and Ramaphosa’s fictional character Tintswalo, a beneficiary of African National Congress programmes.
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“His fictional character, Tintswalo – a child born with our democracy – is the exception and not the rule. In this country the reality of young people is too bleak for words,” said Democratic Alliance chief whip Siviwe Gwarube.
But Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said even he’s a Tintswalo, despite his age.
"My Tintswalo moment came when the ANC rolled out electricity to rural villages and started rolling out programmes of clean running water."