State of the Nation Speech

Today Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa delivered the State of the Nation Address at the Joint sitting of parliament in Cape Town.
He talked about the countries pride in its 17 years of freedom and the independence of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government and his aspirations to continue to build the country. He also briefed the nation and all international persons present on the improvements the country has made in education, electricity, crime control and measures put in place to control its budget in the preceding years. However, he states that the problem of poverty and unemployment still persist in the country, despite the measures put in place to control them. Furthermore, he touched on the issues going on in Egypt and encouraged the parties involved to continue to search for solutions, so that peace will prevail.
Many South Africans shared the view that his speech was generally a good one, however, his administration had to make more policies to solve the issues of crime and poverty.

Pictures of the State of the Nation Speech in South Africa