Opposition parties take a swipe at Ramphosa again

By Simon Nare

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address has been described as fancy, laden with recycled promises, hollow rhetoric and dressed up with fanfare delivered by someone who is permanently on reset button.

On the second day of the debate on SONA, opposition political parties continued to rip apart the president’s address, pointing out a lack of substance in his speech which they said was loaded with repeated promises from the past.

EFF MP Omphile Maotwe advised the president to perhaps retire and go look after his Phala Phala farm because since occupying the Union Buildings in 2018, he has not inspired any hope for the youth, men and women who were lingering on the streets in absolute poverty and despair.

“Year in and year out, Mr Ramaphosa comes here and make promises without accounting for the promises he made the previous year. It’s as if he’s