Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
The democracy disruption by the Economic Freedom Fighters during the State of the Nation address and the subsequent debate about apartheid’s last president diverted the public’s attention President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech.
Analysts at the forum did not have many positive things to say about Ramaphosa’s fourth State of the Nation address. Another political analyst, Khaya Sithole, said it was not immediately clear what the theme of Ramaphosa’s speech was, but that on deeper inspection it appeared the thrust was about fixing so much of what was wrong with the state. To still be talking about fixing things “is problematic”, he said. , disagreed, saying it might well be that Ramaphosa has not fixed things in the time that he has been president, but that it is to be expected because he is not an independent entity.
Sibanda criticised the president for not speaking about human rights, such as immigration and the refugee crisis in the country. “Those are real, serious issues, real people issues that are not going away,” she said.
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