CATCH UP: Ramaphosa makes a U-turn on speed of NHI implementation

Well tonight I feel that a major crime is about to be committed between parliament and Tuynhuis... Never seen so many police and army deployed along this route. If you are a criminal in Cape Town and environs.... I guess tonight is your night. Took a long time to get home via other roads....

Under the line: "We should work together, says Ramaphosa, like weaver birds do" was a photo of a weaver and its nest. But it was not a pic of a sociable weaver, the only weaver that builds a communal nest - and probably the only bird that does so. (continued below)

I think it was the sociable weaver that Ramaphosa was referring to. Not a mistake on the part of Ramaphosa (although he was not specific enough) but rather a fault of the DM sub-editor. Editors need a wide-ranging general knowledge, even while illustrating a live-blog. You can do better DM.

Tackling corruption ( past and current) should be on the top of the Agenda. Filling a bath without a plug is pretty much impossible!

As many have mentioned, we've heard it all before. Does it ring truer this time round? Only time will tell. The check and balance between the GNU members should help. NHI, Social Grant - Yes, if it's done right. Get our taxes to the right place - not your left pocket. Let's see some arrests too.

Just some more promises. No need to worry.

Same old story. I remember the days when he said he was going to build a brand new city on the likes of the Chinese... my recommendation? Pull up a chair!