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South Africa: Ramaphosa’s Sona delayed as EFF removed by force, ATM’s Zungula ordered out of House

By Vhahangwele Nemakonde

EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo said Ramaphosa had failed to keep his promises.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have made good on their promise to disrupt President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday, saying it will not be addressed by a “constitutional delinquent”.

“February in Parliament, when Cyril starts, we start. That’s how it’s going to roll. When he starts speaking, we also start. We will not be addressed by someone who doesn’t respect the constitution,” EFF leader Julius Malema said during the party’s media briefing this year.

They made good on this promise, and it required the intervention of Parliament’s protection services, as well as the president’s own protection team to remove them from the chamber, after some members of the EFF tried to storm the stage where the president was delivering his speech.

 

 

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