BUSINESS DAY TV: How Save SA sees the nation as Zuma mobilises the army
Lawson Naidoo is a member of the Save SA steering committee. BUSINESS DAY TV: As President Jacob Zuma started amassing troops ahead of his eighth state of the nation address (Sona), the Save SA campaign was rallying support of its own at St George’s Cathedral. That’s about a block from the National Assembly where Zuma will address the nation tomorrow evening. Save SA convenor, Sipho Pityana, delivered what he terms the "real state of the nation", and joining us now on the line to tell us what the organisation hopes to achieve through this is executive secretary, Lawson Naidoo. Lawson, essentially what was the aim of having an alternative Sona? LAWSON NAIDOO: The "real state of the nation" was really to show that the reality in SA is far removed from what President Zuma is likely to speak about tomorrow evening. So we brought on board a young South African to talk about the kinds of challenges that they face as they move ahead with their lives, and the kind of problems and obstacles ...
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