State of the Nation Address by His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town
3 June 2009
Honourable Speaker; Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic,
Kgalema Motlanthe Former President of the Republic, Thabo Mbeki, Our icon, the First President of a democratic South Africa, Isithwalandwe Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Former Deputy Presidents, Distinguished Premiers and Speakers of our Provinces; Esteemed members of the Judiciary; Chairperson of SALGA, mayors and leaders in our system of local government; Chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders and our honoured traditional leaders; Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions; Governor of the Reserve Bank, Religious leaders, Directors-General and other leaders of the public service; President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Idriss Endele Moussa, Your Excellencies Ambassadors and High Commissioners; Distinguished guests, comrades and friends; Fellow South Africans,
Dumelang, Abusheni, Molweni,