Cyril Ramaphosa Calls Opposition Parties Out for Failing to See Mzansi’s Progress, SA Confused

• President Cyril Ramaphosa called members of opposition political parties out for failing to offer constructive solutions to SA's problems
• He said rather than acknowledging the country’s progress, some politicians are self-serving “merchants of despair”
• Social media users expressed confusion over the remarks with many wondering what "progress" he was referring to

CAPE TOWN - President Cyril Ramaphosa lambasted members of opposition parties for failing to offer constructive solutions to the country's problems.

He took the podium to reply to the two-day debate on his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday, 16 February. Ramaphosa said some Members of Parliament (MPs) are self-serving.

The president said rather than acknowledging the positive aspects of the country, some political parties prefer to only focus on the negatives, eNCA reported. The nation’s leader said that some politicians choose to belittle and scoff at the work done in the past five years.

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“There are those in this house who instead of being what I would call merchants of hope, have cast themselves as merchants of despair. They have determined that their political fortunes are best served by depicting our country, South Africa, as being in chaos,” said Ramaphosa.

He said the country’s progress should not go unnoticed. Ramaphosa said in the midst of extremely difficult conditions, certain aspects of the country were improved, but some fail to notice them since it does not serve their political interests.

According to EWN, the president added that government is working to strengthen entities like the South African Revenue Service (Sars), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

Mzansi reacts to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s remarks

@nosmoke567 said:

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“One step forward, five steps back, unfortunately.”

@CarlosGameiro24 posted:

“I would love to know his definition of progress.”

@Lethumusa17 commented:

“Which progress? Why do people still listen to Ramaphosa? Let's solve this next year at the ballot boxes.”

@NicoletteBailey wrote:

“The progress of crime, corruption, unemployment and incompetence? Eish, this Ramamparra.”

@husainw added:

“You are living in your own version of SA, sir.”

Floyd Shivambu slams Ramaphosa for taking South Africa backwards, impressing SA with Sona debate speech

Briefly News also reported that Economic Freedom Fighters deputy leader Floyd Shivambu is the talk of the town after delivering his response to President Cyril Ramaphosa's State on the Nation Address (Sona) on Wednesday, 16 February.

Shivambu took the podium at Cape Town City Hall and touched on several issues the nation has been grappling with.

What caught the attention of South Africans was the EFF deputy leader's criticism of how Ramaphosa was allegedly taking SA in backwards caught the attention of South Africans.

Source: Briefly News