A lot of the criticism was directed at President Cyril Ramaphosa over the two days of debate, with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) continuing its scathing rebuke of the president’s tenure.
Weighed down by crushing public expectation, Ramaphosa took to the dais at Cape Town’s City Hall to deliver the 2022 State of the Nation Address. Did he get all his facts right?
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said that President CyriL Ramaphosa s failure to get rid of underperforming ministers had left the party with no choice but to ask Parliament to decide the future of Ramphosa’s ministers.
On Monday, MPs from the ANC and the opposition debated the speech which has received a mixed reaction. While the DA commended certain aspects of the speech, others like the EFF dismissed the speech as neo-liberal.
Cabinet says government s programme of action following the State of the Nation Address will be informed by the national budget that will be tabled later this month.