Threats that the state of the nation address would be
disrupted turned out to be empty, as President Cyril Ramaphosa charmed the
opposition immediately after taking the podium on Thursday.
Ramaphosa had the house in stitches when he told of a
chance meeting he had with EFF leader Julius Malema on Wednesday, where he
claimed the pair agreed that he would sing the "Thuma Mina" song only
if Malema became state president.
Even Malema was seen chuckling while the president was
speaking.
Ramaphosa later said he had met DA leader Mmusi Maimane,
and would rope him into forming a "band" who would sing the song
should Malema become his successor.
Malema had threatened to ask Ramaphosa to come clean about
his son's business deals with the controversial Bosasa group of companies - and
would disrupt the event if he didn't address the topic.
This comes as the opposition has accused Ramaphosa of
misleading parliament when he told the house that a R500,000 payment by Bosasa
to a trust account was part of a contract his son had with the controversial
company.
He later withdrew the response after he was informed that
the money was a donation to his ANC presidential campaign.
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