‘State of the Nation’: DA Lambasts Ramaphosa Over Poor State of South Africa, Cadre Deployment And Mishandling Of COVID-19 Pandemic

STAFF REPORTER

DEMOCRATIC Alliance leader John Steenhuisen has lambasted President Cyril Ramaphosa over the state of the country and his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In his “True State of the Nation” address, Steenhuisen criticised Ramaphosa for the government’s handling of the pandemic and blamed him for the closure of businesses affected by the lockdown regulations.

Steenhuisen also slammed the president for ANC cadre deployment, which he blamed for the country’s financial woes. 

“We know almost everything the president said about his government’s efforts to procure vaccines has been a distortion of the truth to create the impression they have been busy for the past six months, while in reality they only woke up in January,” said Steenhuisen. 

“We already knew this from statements made by the vaccine suppliers themselves, but this was confirmed in a letter from the department of health to Treasury in which it requested a