A massive security build-up is on the way in the centre of Cape Town before tonight's much anticipated State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma.
Scores of police from as far as Pretoria have been deployed at every possible vantage points around parliament.
Streets and pavements have been cordoned off and large police presence is visible in the Company Gardens adjoining Parliament.
Businesses in the city centre are closing early in anticipation of possible trouble from one of the several official and unofficial marches of unhappy South Africans.
Inside parliament, it looks like a police state. Long queues have formed in Plein Street at the entrance to Parliament as people are held up by the time-consuming security arrangements.
Massive security build-up ahead of SONA
Scores of police from as far as Pretoria have been deployed at every possible vantage points around parliament.
Streets and pavements have been cordoned off and large police presence is visible in the Company Gardens adjoining Parliament.
Businesses in the city centre are closing early in anticipation of possible trouble from one of the several official and unofficial marches of unhappy South Africans.
Inside parliament, it looks like a police state. Long queues have formed in Plein Street at the entrance to Parliament as people are held up by the time-consuming security arrangements.
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