
Post SONA analysis
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No matter what happens, no matter what those in authority say or do, South Africa will never be the same again. It was meant to be a solemn annual event in the life of our nation: the Opening of our Parliament, the presentation of the State of the Nation Address by our President, the continuation of a journey Nelson Mandela began in 1994. We are now forever damaged by the people we stood in queues to vote to represent us. On Thursday night, it was difficult to see who represented us. Not the people who decided to curtail the right to information, not the people who set out to cause chaos in Parliament, not the MPs who applauded the violent assault and removal of other MPs, not the president, who brought this shame on our country. They all broke us.

