SA’S hopes ‘sodomised’

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday night “sodomised” the hopes of the country, little-known new political group Christians of South Africa (Cosa) said on Friday.

“Without fixed deadlines or practical commitment, the address was engineered to appease the gallery and silence critical peoplecentred voices.

“Today’s Sona was a refurbished, tried and tested pillow talk of the year 2019. The new dawn is yet again falsified – Sona sodomised our hopes for tomorrow,” said pastor Derick Mosoana, Cosa’s president.

However, the Organisation Undoing

Tax Abuse (Outa) welcomed the State of the Nation Address, saying that it was a more credible, believable and nation-building speech than what the country has heard over the past decade, but noted that it was ambitious.

Chief executive Wayne Duvenage said

Outa welcomed Ramaphosa’s promises to rebuild state institutions damaged by capture and corruption and his encouragement for prosecutions and the urgent recovery of stolen state funds.

“South Africa is tired of lip service when it comes to combating corruption and building the economy,” he said.