{"id":50877,"date":"2023-02-09T17:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/unhappy-citizens-organisations-take-to-the-street-ahead-of-sona-20230209\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:32:57","slug":"unhappy-citizens-organisations-take-to-the-street-ahead-of-sona-20230209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/unhappy-citizens-organisations-take-to-the-street-ahead-of-sona-20230209\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy citizens, organisations take to the street ahead of SONA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s State of the Nation Address (Sona) set to start in a few hours, various organisations and civil society groups demonstrated in the City Bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) gathered at Hanover Square today, calling on the government to address the challenges faced by working-class people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Dietrich, chair of the SACP in the province, says: \u201cThe current status quo cannot continue. We have to break with what is currently the trajectory of which the government is ruling. Unemployment has increased. The crises of working-class services provided to communities are all in stress at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_517cf4f4\">\n<div class=\"custom\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"314\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FPeoplesPostNewsPaper%2Fvideos%2F869536890941534%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Harrington Street, members of the South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD), held a peaceful demonstration. The organisation&nbsp;was formed to fight the high rising death and injury rate on South African roads caused by drink drivers. SADD called for harsher laws, a ban on alcohol advertising and for the age of consumption to be raised to 21 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_0614f5c7\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"protests\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8292\/9c9d7225fee1447d8f26e27383c235cf.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0f9a2119f941444981fdf26e2b49aa54.jpg\" title=\"Members from South Africans Against Drunk Driving are calling on government to ban alcohol advertising. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Members from South Africans Against Drunk Driving are calling on government to ban alcohol advertising. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\">People\u2019s Post Kaylynne Bantom <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SONA\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8292\/cc2bc771e19040a7bb3ff3ed12ae0523.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e718131e2c52442ea7d7c7368a44099b.jpg\" title=\"Members from the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance held a peaceful demonstration in Harrington Street.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Members from the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance held a peaceful demonstration in Harrington Street.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\">People\u2019s Post KAYLYNNE BANTOM <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Caro Smit, Director of the SADD, says: \u201cWe are losing about 14 000 people on our roads each year and half of those are because of alcohol abuse. This needs to be taken seriously. We want the president to work on this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roads leading to the Cape Town City Hall have been cordoned off for the event set to kick off at 19:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-also-read-politicians-start-arriving-for-the-2023-state-of-the-nation-address\">ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/live-ramaphosa-delivers-sona-2023-all-the-latest-news-analysis-and-commentary-20230209\" target=\"_blank\">Politicians start arriving for the 2023 State of the Nation Address<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Many South Africans have mixed emotions regarding Sona with some simply saying they are not interested in what the president has to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mabhuti Ikaneng feels Ramaphosa must address the poor services at government institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe must address the services at the Labour Department and Home Affairs. I have been in the queue since 8:00 this morning. I am still not helped. I was here yesterday as well,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan Palagangwe says she will not be listening to the president\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am not interested. They are failing us. They keep making promises but continue to fail us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul de Bruin says: \u201cHe can talk about anything he wants. Look where I am sitting, at the Labour Department. I am a pensioner, I have worked all my life. Now I am sitting here, waiting for hours just to get my money. 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