Malema: Ramaphosa's SONA lacks solutions

Ramaphosa delivered his 6th State of the Nation Address at Cape Town City Hal on Thursday evening.

In a two-hour-long speech, Ramaphosa set out government's plans to kickstart the country's economy following two years of disruptions by the Covid-19 pandemic.

But the EFF leader Julius Malema believes Ramaphosa has nothing to offer to the country.

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"The president has gradually passed a motion of no confidence on the minister of small business, but also outsourcing issues of environment raising the necessary capital is also passing another motion of no confidence on the minister of environment.

"But he has also passed a motion of no confidence on himself, after promising so many millions of jobs, now he says the government cannot provide jobs, jobs must be provided by the private sector and on the manifesto of the ANC which made him the president, he committed jobs.

"So generally they have outsourced the responsibility of governing our people into the private sector," said Malema.

He says the president failed to provide critical steps to address crime, violence against women and children and the ailing health system.

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"Nothing said about the high levels of crime in South Africa, Cash in transit heist, violent crimes and the rape that is taking place in this country, no emphasis on how we are going to deal with that, the clinics have collapsed dismally, there is no public health in South Africa, the president has no commitment about it."