Smartly dressed politicians and other prominent members of society have started arriving at Parliament for President Jacob Zuma;s State of the Nation Address, which is scheduled to start at 7 pm.
An eerie silence surrounds the parliamentary precinct, where the security forces have created a cordon sanitaire of sever4al blocks around parliament.
The normal hustle and bustle of downtown Cape Town has been replaced by a ghost-like silence as people and cars have been cleared amidst earlier fears that protesters may disrupt the event, an annual state showpiece.
Smartly dressed politicians start to arrive in Parliament for Sona
An eerie silence surrounds the parliamentary precinct, where the security forces have created a cordon sanitaire of sever4al blocks around parliament.
The normal hustle and bustle of downtown Cape Town has been replaced by a ghost-like silence as people and cars have been cleared amidst earlier fears that protesters may disrupt the event, an annual state showpiece.
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