State of nation address postponed - read the full statement
'We have, regrettably, come to the conclusion that there is little likelihood of an uneventful Joint Sitting of Parliament this coming Thursday'
Parliament's presiding officers Baleka Mbete and Thandi Modise on Tuesday afternoon announced the postponement of the State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday. "We are listening to political stakeholders and members of the public in making this decision‚" Mbete told a hastily called press conference. Mbete also revealed that "we are in continuing discussions with the president of the ANC (SA deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa) as he is the leader of government business in Parliament". "We are also in contact with all political parties." Mbete further said: "We learned that the president was already writing to Parliament to request the postponement". Here is the full statement: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDING OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT ON THE 2018 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS Parliament, Tuesday 6 February 2018 - The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is an important occasion in the national political programme of Parliament. We have been dismayed in the past four years a...
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