Listen: President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation address 2020

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President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his 2020 State of the Nation speech in Parliament last night which was disrupted for more than an hour by the Economic Freedom Fighters who wanted former President FW de Klerk, who was a guest at the event, to be removed from the chamber. They later also insisted that Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan be removed. In his speech President Ramaphosa said this year was the year to fix the fundamentals in South Africa and he acknowledged that the country was facing the stark reality that the economy has not grown at any meaningful rate for over a decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Feb 2020 3PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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