Political Parties Respond to State of Nation Postponement
- Publisher:
- SABC Digital
- Publication Date:
- 6 February 2018
- Tags:
- South Africa, Governance
The Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete has just announced that the State of the Nation address has been postponed. Mbete says the new date will be announced soon. Mbete says when the met the President this afternoon he was already writing a letter to parliament to ask for a postponement. The speaker says the postponement follows concern over the planned disruption. She says SONA has in the past four years been characterised by anarchy and disruptions.
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