SONA Letter to President Ramaphosa

In your 2018 ‘Thuma Mina’ speech, you stated that the “action we take now to end corruption and hold those responsible to account will determine the pace and trajectory of the radical social and economic transformation we seek.” We are therefore requesting you to give political impetus to the call made by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba during his recent Christmas sermon, wherein he stated that 2020 shou. [...] The real victims are the people of South Africa, who have to put up with load shedding, because of the dealings of the Guptas and others mired in the state capture project. [...] Unwarranted attacks on the judiciary, especially by politicians, must be condemned and discouraged; The hand of honest public servants and representatives to be strengthened; Enabling a culture and policy framework that entrenches Parliamentary oversight over the Executive and organs of state; Providing accurate information related to state capture and the crises that we face, as well as cha. [...] 2020 must be the ‘Year of the Orange Overalls’! This standard of accountability applies not only to crooked politicians and public servants, but to private businesses, and the professional entities who enabled capture. [...] Mr President, in doing so, we pay real homage to our rich liberation history and the legacies of those who contributed to it, and we can say that we are being true to the values and ethos of our Constitution.