EFF to disrupt State of the Nation Address

THE Economic Freedom Fighters are determined to disrupt parliamentary proceedings during the State of the Nation Address if the Speaker of the National Assembly does not convene an early special seatingSouth Africans who are looking forward to hearing President Jacob Zuma’s State of

The Nation Address (SONA) next month,   might be disappointed if the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have their way.

According to media reports EFF leader Julius Malema has written to National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete to ask her to convene a special seating before the SONA takes place on 12 February.

In his letter Malema asks Mbete for the special seating to allow President Zuma an opportunity to answer questions he failed to respond to the last time he was in parliament, in August last year. In an interview on Talk Radio 702 at the end of 2014, Malema said the EFF would not stop asking Zuma to pay back the money that was used to upgrade his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. — City Press, EyeWitness News.