The ANC in parliament has rejected Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis's offer for parliament to use the city's facilities for next month's state of the nation address as “highly opportunistic” and a political ploy.
and offered to make the city’s council chamber available for sittings of the National Assembly, as well as the use of the Grand Parade and the City Hall for Sona.
“We want to see parliament continue its important work, and we will do what we can to help,” he said.“Caucus has noted that since the dawn of democracy, it has become commonplace for the ANC to be attacked by opposition parties in parliament,” it said. “Today, not only is the ANC under siege, but parliament, the symbol and essence of the will of every South African, is under attack.Caucus expressed its extreme distress over activities that shook the nation at its core on Sunday, As caucus we vow not to let the country dissipate into a state of chaos and anarchy unravellingThe ANC caucus said the attack on the National Assembly “is a direct, frontal attack on the people of SA and undermines the will of the people”.
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