DA has argued that last year’s Sona cost over $930,000 (R11 million) of taxpayer money to beef up security. By PETER DUBEMore by this AuthorPretoriaTwo of South Africa’s biggest parties, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and the Democratic Alliance (DA), are attempting to block President Jacob Zuma from delivering next Thursday’s State of the Nation Address (Sona). The two parties have written to the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Baleka Mbete, requesting that Sona be postponed until the National Assembly elects a new president. “We write to the Speaker to request that she must start processes of rescheduling the Parliament programme if Zuma is still president. While Cyril Ramaphosa is the ANC President, Jacob Zuma remains President of South Africa, leaving the country not knowing which direction is being pursued,” he said.

Source: Daily Nation January 31, 2018 12:22 UTC