Cape Town – ANC supporters are starting to arrive in their numbers ahead of the party's People's Assembly taking place alongside President Jacob Zuma's State Of The Nation Address.
On Wednesday ANC national executive committee member Fikile Mbalula said the party had permission to have 30 000 people gather at the Grand Parade, close to the parliamentary precinct, in the city centre from 3pm.
Mbalula said the party had permission to have 30 000 people gather at the Grand Parade, close to the parliamentary precinct, in the city centre from 3pm.
He said that ANC leaders as well as their alliance partners who were not MPs would be in attendance to address the crowds, and added that ANC MPs alongside the president would join the event after Zuma had finished his address.
He said the president would not be making a second address as there would be no need to “bore” the masses with a similar speech, saying his appearance would be a “meet and greet” only.
He said the aim of having the event was to interact with the masses, and not just be spectators.
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