Sona was not in language spoken by the real ANC
THERE was nothing wonderful about the State of the Nation address. It was more of the agitating empty promises and a demonstration of personal anger against what our President called “white monopoly capital”.
It turned a blind eye to the havoc caused by the Guptas in our nation.
The Sona was an altar of expedience at the expense of our democracy.
It is surprising that we have not yet healed from the racial walls of black and white. South Africa is not just a democratic state – it’s a nonracial democratic state.
Nelson Mandela once said “I have fought, not for white domination or black domination”.
We cannot be misled into believing that ideas about white monopoly capital or radical transformation are the ideal perspective of the ANC.
This dispensation is a political wilderness, one in which we need to set a clear line of vision between the Zupta economic policy and the ANC economic policy.
Radical transformation and white monopoly capital is not the language of the ANC.
The ANC believes in the transformation of the economy for the benefit of the poor, not of a chosen few. — Dumisani Msila, Butterworth
I WAS disappointed by the behaviour of Jacob Zuma and Baleka Mbete at the State of the Nation address. First of all, what happens when a person breaks the rules of the constitution?
I know that if you are caught stealing, you are charged and prosecuted, and may go to prison.
Both Zuma and Mbete broke the rules of the constitution and they must not be allowed back into the National Assembly.
If Zuma wants to make a State of the Nation address he must call his colleagues and organise a venue and do the state of the nation for his colleagues because he is no longer a legitimate president by virtue of his disregarding the constitution.
We cannot allow a situation where our country is held to ransom by corrupt individuals. The Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng must call the shots and decide where these individuals belong because they do not belong in parliament. The National Assembly is for people who hold up their oath of office and keep the constitution of the country intact.
All opposition parties and the masses must take action against people who think they are above the law and the constitution of the country. — Mhlobo Gunguluzi, via e-mail