Deputy Minister of Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries Bheki Cele said: “My system is not shocked [at the change] ... we are part of a new dawn.”
Pointing at her sequinned gown‚ his wife Thembeka said: “The gold was all his idea.”
Phindi Zulu designed her mother’s green‚ gold and black dress. “I chose the colours because my blood is green‚ black and gold. It is because of the ANC that we are standing here today‚” she said.
And Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu said she could not be more proud of her daughter.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said occasions such as the SONA were a chance to celebrate the country.