2020 state of the nation address
JUDITH FEBRUARY: We're tired of watching the parliamentary circus
Parliament, like much of our country, is being subsumed by the tyranny of the minority, writes Judith February.
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to the debate on his State of the Nation Address (Sona) delivered last week.
She said that gender-based violence must never be used as a political weapon, adding that this week's events were an insult to all women, especially those who were victims of the crime.
The president said the stolen billions recovered so far were just a fraction of the total amount lost through corruption and state capture.
The ANC MP snuck in an official apology via social media in the early hours of Friday morning.
The president has been responding in the National Assembly to the debate on his State of the Nation Address which he delivered last week.
This afternoon President Cyril Ramaphosa will be the only person to speak in Parliament when he gets the chance to reply to the compliments and criticism his State of the Nation Address has provoked.
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Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, who was once Malema’s deputy when he was still leader of the ANC Youth League, took aim when he wrapped up the second and final day of debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address (Sona).
Joint sittings of the two houses of Parliament, the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, is debating the address delivered by Ramaphosa on Thursday.
Mantoa Malema said in the letter that the claims were abusive to her and her children.
The debate on the State of the Nation Address (Sona) degenerated into chaotic scenes on Tuesday when Malema left the National Assembly after a heated argument with the ANC's Boy Mamabolo, who accused him of beating his wife.
They slammed former deputy President FW de Klerk during Tuesday's Sona debate for saying during a recent interview that he didn't believe apartheid was a crime against humanity.
Accusing President Ramaphosa of turning his promise of a new dawn into 'new despair', DA interim leader John Steenhuisen blamed him for failing to make the needed reforms to free up the economy, win back investors and create jobs.
EFF leader Julius Malema left the House with fellow EFF members after he failed to withdraw his accusation that President Cyril Ramaphosa had assaulted his late former wife and was ordered out of the House.
Speaking during the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Sona, Steenhuisen accused the president of putting his party first, instead of South Africans.
Members of Parliament clashed during the post-Sona debate on Tuesday when EFF leader Julius Malema was repeatedly interrupted during his speech, with allegations of domestic abuse being thrown in all directions.
EFF leader Julius Malema claimed that he was ‘in charge' when he was interrupted several times during the post-Sona debate in Parliament.
Julius Malema was in full flight when he agreed to answer a question from ANC MP Boy Mamabolo.