She says that the Presidency will guide her. Mapisa-Nqakula was responding to EFF MP Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi during the Thursday meeting of the National Assembly Programme Committee. Mkhaliphi enquired as to whether or not Ramaphosa would be physically present in the National Legislature on August 30. The committee gathered to, among other things, determine the Assembly's agenda for the upcoming weeks and to set its program for the upcoming quarter.

“I just want to get a clarity in terms of Tuesday. Is the President going to be physically in Parliament or will he be answering question virtual”, Mkhaliphi asked Mapisa-Nqakula.

In response the  Mapisa-Nqakula told Mkhalipi, ” Well,  honourable Mkhaliphi, I won’t know for now. I wouldn’t have that kind of information. What I do know is that the President has definitely confirmed that on the 30th (August) he will be taking questions. Whether he will do so virtually or physically, I expect that the  Office of the President will  inform me. For now I have no idea.”

Ramaphosa’s  oral reply session will come at a time when the EFF has reiterated that he will never speak in Parliament. His last engagement with the Assembly was in June in the Good Hope Chamber where he delivered the Presidency Budget Vote and responded to the debate.

SABC