AUBREY MATSHIQI: Pigs will fly if Ramaphosa delivers the state of the union address
As Zuma and some of his closest allies are pushed into a corner, is there anything outside the realm of possibility regarding their choice of weapons?
Time is running out for those who want Cyril Ramaphosa to present the state of the nation address on Thursday. I do believe I am going to see pigs in the sky that day. What will pigs be doing in the sky? Come on, work with me here! They will be flying, of course. Another thing I am going to see, I think, is President Jacob Zuma giving the state of the nation address, albeit to an almost empty house. I suppose what the parliamentary security services must decide is whether it is wrestling, judo or kung-fu moves that are the most appropriate for the maintenance of parliamentary decorum. Opposition parties, particularly the EFF and DA, must decide whether to boycott or turn up to make a spectacle of themselves and then be transported violently out of the house. Poor Ramaphosa and his divided house will have to choose between sitting demurely and joining the fracas. For the National Assembly speaker, the decision is much simpler. What level of bias will be appropriate? Is it the 2014, 2...
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