MAVERICK LIFE: SONA 2019: SA’s second (cut-price) 2019 SONA sees MPs strut their stuff again

Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation Address in 2019 took place in sweltering conditions in Cape Town in February. His second, on 20 June, saw the temperatures dive in tandem with the expectations for the content of the speech.

Journalists joked about the “New Dawn” as — for the first time in recent memory — the WiFi provided for the event was ample and high-speed. Perhaps the most eye-catching hair and makeup choices came courtesy of three drag queens — Cape Town’s Cathy, Holly and Molly — who arrived as guests of the DA. DA MP Nazley Sharif also drew attention in a blue and white peacock dress with a long train which exposed some tremendous back tattoos.Fellow DA MP Phumzile van Damme, who wasthat she had no intention of punching anyone at SONA.Van Damme had brought as her guest her brother Sandile, a young winemaker.Journalists clamoured for the attention of certain parliamentarians more than others.

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