Parties accused President Ramaphosa of giving a Sona speech that sounded like everything was going well in the country.
‘s State of the Nation Address was riddled with lies and empty promises while undermining South Africans’ intelligence.
“The president has the sheer audacity to speak about state capture as if it was done by aliens out of space. Mr President, you were deputy during state capture, it was you who enabled it. “Don’t let me get started on NSFAS because it has not paid her registration and yet students are in orientation as we speak,” she told news channel“He lied to South Africans and undermined their intelligence. The president speaks as if things are better.
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