'Zuma has no heart, soul & compassion': Save SA
Save SA leader, Sipho Pityana, has laid into President Jacob Zuma - suggesting he has done nothing for the country and for nation-building.
Pityana addressed a crowd at the St George's Cathedral in Cape Town in what the organisation is calling the 'real State of the Nation Address' - on the eve of the 2017 SONA proceedings.
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"He has nothing to offer in terms of seriously addressing inequality and social injustices in our country," he said.
#SaveSA's Sipho Pityana says President Zuma has 'no soul & compassion', adding that he fails to address #social injustices in SA. #SONA2017 pic.twitter.com/7Hdm03LKNN
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During his speech, Pityana referred to the recent Esidimeni tragedy - in which at least 94 mentally-ill patients died as a result of what a damning report says was negligence by the Gauteng Health Department.
He's described Zuma's statement on the deaths as 'cold'.
"Let me tell you what a real president would've done. He'd be out there visibly consoling the nation, addressing the needs of the families, and showing compassion. A real president would order the national flag be flown at half mast - and called for a national day of mourning," he said.
