President Ramaphosa on Tuesday afternoon responded to debate on his State of the Nation Address.

EFF’s Naledi Chirwa had some harsh words for President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC's Nompendulo Mkhatshwa called for greater participation of women in society.

Members were debating Thursday's State of the Nation Address in a joint sitting in the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Julius Malema issued a warning to President Cyril Ramaphosa during the Sona debate, saying the Bosasa issue could end his Presidency should he not come clean.

Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently implement measures to save critical entities like Eskom.

Members of Parliament would gather for what would be a marathon debate scheduled to take up to 10 hours.

It is, however, unclear who would replace Zanele Magwaza Msibi, as this would be up to the NFP to decide who it sends to the National Assembly in her place.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema was more scathing, saying Ramaphosa didn’t seem to have a clue about what he wanted for South Africa.

Ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation on Thursday night, De Lille emphasised the need for government to ensure an urgent turnaround at Eskom.

President Cyril Ramaphosa came face-to-face with scores of young people in Parliament where they raised a number of issues affecting the youth like unemployment and education.

That’s the word from the president himself as well as parliament’s presiding officers.

The meeting was cancelled in the last minute last week Thursday after the party failed to agree on the names presented by secretary-general Ace Magashule.

The party said it wanted to take over responsibility of running the police, which would most likely require a legislative amendment to decentralise the police.

Maimane explained the party was in coalitions with the Congress of the People, the African Christian Democratic Party, and the Freedom Front Plus.

The only catch is that they have to fly economy except in exceptional circumstances.

While it was not considered a political gathering, the induction degenerated this week with members of the Economic Freedom Fighters and African National Congress clashing during one of the sessions.

Several former ministers have resigned over the last two weeks.

Old and new MPs were going through an induction course this week, which was meant to teach them, among other things, how to behave in Parliament.