POLITICS LIVE: I really should write something about the State of the Nation Address ...
'He was mocking and taunting her, she was edging ever closer to her nuclear option. Then she pulled the trigger ... '
I really should write something about the State of the Nation Address, I told myself yesterday evening. But it was my daughter's 13th birthday and we went out to supper instead. We walked down the road to a small local restaurant and enjoyed chicken and vegetables. The chicken was tender and coated in a thin gravy. I knew that many of my colleagues were working very hard on reporting this event back at the office and that on television sets around the country, President Jacob Zuma was starting to speak. Then I quickly forgot about all of that. A 13th birthday is a special occasion, a landmark on the road of life. It was wonderful, sitting out on the pavement, enjoying a modest meal with the family. Then we walked up the road back home. I switched on the television and, to my amazement, Zuma had not yet started speaking. The Speaker and the EFF's Julius Malema were in some sort of shouting match. He was mocking and taunting her, she was edging ever closer to her nuclear option. Then ...
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