President Zuma’s 2015 State of Nation Address

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 13 Feb 2015 by Iraj Abedian

The run-up to President Zuma’s second State of Nation Address (SONA) since the start of his second term in office was nothing short of sensational – full of political anticipation and potential drama within the Parliament. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the second largest opposition party, had vowed to challenge the President and hold him to account regarding the public money spent on his private homestead at Nkandla. The EFF, drawing on the report by the Public Protector, insists that the President has to “pay back the money”; the President denies any such claim. For weeks, the pundi...

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