No mention of Pieter Groenewald’s address at the response to SONA in parliament on Wednesday.
In a news24 article with headline “Eskom, NHI and land expropriation: How Ramaphosa responded to MPs' SONA concerns”, reporter Jan Gerber wrote:
Here are some of the points raised in Parliament by members of the opposition in response to President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address.
DA MP and spokesperson on energy and mineral resources Kevin Mileham said: "We had hoped that in this critical hour, President Ramaphosa would seize the opportunity last week to take ownership of the problem, deal decisively with Eskom, and provide South Africa with a path to a powered future. But the incapable state and its incapable president never take bold action."
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen advised Ramaphosa to walk away from expropriation without compensation.
DA MP Annelie Lotriet said amending Section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation would cause South Africa irreparable harm, it would undermine property rights and that it was just used to paper over the ANC's failures regarding land reform. "The initial motivation for the amendment to Section 25 was to make explicit that which is implicit. This is a false argument. The Constitution is explicit enough about specifically land reform and restitution."
DA MP and spokesperson on health Siviwe Gwarube said: "It became evident that many have been sold a dream that the failures of the ANC government will be immediately rectified by the NHI Bill. Yet we know that this is not true. What is most tragic though is how the governing party is using the NHI Bill to mask its governance failures, promising an overnight transformation of the health system when they know this is false. This government knows that as the bill stands, it will not improve the quality of health care for all South Africans."
Perhaps FF+ should start to fight for self-determination as their mandate and constitution dictates if they want to stay relevant or perhaps the DA is just the only opposition worth mentioning.
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