LIVE: State of the Nation Address 2017
President Jacob Zuma will be delivering the State of the Nation Address in Parliament this evening.
Members of Parliament, dignitaries, guests as well as the media have gathered at the National Assembly where the president is expected to deliver government's plan for the next year.
This SONA comes on the back of calls by the EFF for SONA to be cancelled.
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The opposition party says it does not view Zuma as the legitimate head of state.
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