The State of the Nation Address on Thursday night was once again marked by disruption in Parliament.
It was more than an hour before President, Jacob Zuma took to the podium to deliver his much-anticipated address.
Earlier, proceedings were marked by the expulsion from the House of Cope leader, Mosioua Lekota and members of his party.
Later, it was the turn of the EFF, who's leader Julius Malema, led party members out of the house chanting Zupta Must Fall - a reference to Zuma's alleged close ties to the controversial Gupta family.
When he finally got the opportunity to speak, an unruffled President Zuma dived straight into the economy.
He said the reality right now was that the global markets remain muted while financial markets remained volatile.
Zuma announced plans to boost tourism, both local and inbound, stating that South Africa needed to take advantage of the exchange rate, as well as recent changes in the visa regulations, to boost inbound tourism.
He also assured investors that government had been engaging with business to ensure economic growth.
Meanwhile Political analyst, Richard Calland said President Zuma's Address began well with a very reasonable sense of the crisis the country faces - but that the rest of the speech inspired no confidence.
"The first half of the speech had the minister of finance's fingerprints all over it, it felt like a preamble to the real speech in two weeks time,the budget, when the tough choices this government faces will have to made. There after it became increasingly dull and irrelevant with a lot of stuff that really is not addressing the crises we face" he said.
Calland also added that he felt the EFF may have overplayed its hand in walking out of Parliament before Zuma's address.
