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South African presidential address postponed over opposition threats

SOUTH Africa’s parliament postponed Wednesday’s State of the Nation address by President Jacob Zuma today over opposition threats of disruption.

Speaker Baleka Mbete announced the decision today a day after ANC supporters attacked a Hands Off Zuma march in the financial capital Johannesburg.

An official statement said there was “little likelihood of an uneventful joint sitting” of the Cape Town parliament after “calls for disruption” from the opposition.

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