Ramaphosa ashamed of his record in government: DA Chief Whip

The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Chief Whip, Siviwe Gwarube, says President Cyril Ramaphosa is too ashamed of his own record in government, hence his state of the nation address (Sona) focused on the achievements of the past 30 years.

Ramaphosa’s speech was the last Sona under the sixth administration, and it reflected the achievements of the past 30 years with an account of the work of the sixth administration in the last five years.

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‘TOO ASHAMED OF HIS RECORD IN GOVERNMENT,’ SAYS DA CHIEF WHIP

“He too is ashamed of his record in government. He knows that South Africans are worse off today than they were in 2019, at the beginning of this administration. He knows that his government’s time is up,” she said.

Gwarube said people were finally seeing through Ramaphosa’s sloganeering, which does not translate to real change for the people who need it most.

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SONA: DISHONEST FAIRY-TALE

She also took issue with the numbers Ramaphosa presented in his speech, saying these “fooled no-one”. She accused the president of attempting to sanitise the lived reality of South Africans, saying this fell flat on Thursday night.

She described the speech as revisionist and a dishonest fairy-tale which was an insult to those who know the truth.

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NIGHTMARE TOUTED AS THE NEW DAWN

“They know the truth because they live it; they know what was told to them was a lie concocted by a bunch of speech writers — and not the daily nightmare that was touted as the New Dawn.”

Sharing what she said were “the real stories of real South Africans”, Gwarube said the reality of young people in this country was too bleak for words.

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