EFF statement on the State of Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa
14 February 2020
The EFF notes the State of Nation Address (SONA) by President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered in a Joint Sitting of tie National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on Thursday, 13 February 2020. The EFF does not believe in any of the pie in the sky dreams that are sustained by the propaganda driven by South African media. Ramaphosa has once again demonstrated that South Africa today is leaderless, directionless, and unemployed, youth, old and young professionals, farm workers, petrol attendants and all other workers will continue to suffer.
Ramaphosa's SONA speech is Tito Mboweni's reactionary paper on economic recovery disguised as some bold and decisive steps to grow South Africa's economy while. At the core, it is nothing but a neo-liberal driven agenda to accumulate by looting of state assets.
The idea is that South Africa's economy will grow by depending on the private sector, in particular, foreign direct investors. Tito Mboweni's misguided sponsored ideas will only lead to looting of state assets, starting with Eskom, SAA and coal mines.