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"We are not going to the State of the Nation in any jovial mood," says Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane. He says, "South Africa is in a crisis." Unlike SONA 2015 the opposition party will not be adopting a formal, blanket dress code. In 2015 they all wore black and staged a walkout over security measures at the National Assembly during President Jacob Zuma's speech.
"Last year was dire but this year is prospectively worse," he says. He tackles unemployment and sluggish economic growth in this interview ahead of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, 11 February. Watch the interview and share your thoughts ahead of SONA 2016 with News24 on Twitter.
Watch the @News24 videos with @MmusiMaimane ahead of #SONA2016 and let me know your thoughts via Twitter.
