South Africa Reacts to Zuma's State of Nation Postponement

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has announced that the State of the Nation address, which was due to be delivered on Thursday, has been postponed to a date yet to be announced. The postponement comes after the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters wrote to Mbete requesting that President Jacob Zuma not be allowed to deliver the address.

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