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President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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‘SA is in a state of collapse’: EFF weighs in on SONA 2022

The EFF said the SONA provided no verifiable solutions but was “a blatant reminder of Ramaphosa’s incompetence”.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has weighed in on the State of the Nation Address (SONA). The address was delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday, 10 February at the City Hall in Cape Town. 

The party said SONA provided no verifiable solutions and was just a reminder of the “blatant incompetence of a man who makes empty promises”

EFF: “SA HAS NO INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY”

EFF said the fact of the matter was that South Africa is in a state of collapse. And that no meaningless appeals for solidarity to fix problems created by the government will change the dark reality for the black majority in this country.

“This dreaming president forgets that the nation he is meant to lead, has gone numb to his appeals, and fallen victim to abject poverty and hopelessness.”

The Red Berets also said it is an objective fact that there is no State Security in South Africa. This follows a report by the High Level Panel which was tasked to investigate the July unrest. The Panel found that factional warfare within the African National Congress was at the centre of the violent uprisings.

The panel also found that the State Security Agency (SSA) had warned the government about the impending violence following the conviction of Jacob Zuma in the Constitutional Court for contempt of the Zondo Commission.

“Ramaphosa has pretended to be taking matters into his own hands by placing State Security in his office, yet repeatedly shows his state has no intelligence capacity. 

“This further proves the point that placing State Security in his office and in the hands of his cronies, is nothing but a way to utilise slush fund money to fund his leadership battle in the ruling party.”  

EFF

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SONA 2022

  • The R350 SRD grant has been extended for a year until March 2023. 
  • SA is set to legalise and accelerate its cannabis market
  • New critical skills list published – with ‘fresh visas’ lined up
  • Lockdown laws are set to expire ‘very soon’

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