Once again we are treated to doomsday prophets in the opposition. It is almost like there is a formula that they have laid out that the President should follow and deviates from that at his own peril. He should have something about this, he should have said it this way or that way. He should have referred to the National Development Plan (NDP). What they forget is that we, the ANC, came here on a mandate from 62% of the people of this country. When he speaks, he speaks on behalf of that 62% of the voters and indicates what the policies of this government will be going forward. If there was anything the opposition would have wanted to add, they are always given an opportunity to do so and the vacuosness is echoing through this chamber. All emptiness, signifying nothing.
Lest we forget, here is where we come from. The DA argued that they will become the government in Gauteng and in other areas. Instead, they were reduced to second fiddle in some provinces where previously they were the official opposition. They promised that they will marginally improve their national standing to about 30% of the national votes. This pipe dream existed only in their fertile imaginations as they came nowhere near that mark.
