When citizens choose to mock or trivialise the offices of their govt then they are giving govt officials the right to do the same. Instead of listening to your leader and learning what he has in mind for you, you chose to engange in an infantile game in which you take off your clothes ... just because a jester on the radio told you to do so! After behaving like this do you believe yourself to be a responsible citizen or a person qualified to criticize officialdom? I don't think so. A people drunk on arrogance will always focus on petty issues and lose sight of the bigger picture. You mocked your own president, but to do that you humiliated yourself. Shameful behaviour.

The issue is not whether the President's speech is derided or not. The main issue is why must Gareth encourage people to behave like freebie no payment required strippers? The joke is not really on Zuma but rather on those willing to do questionable things because a wannabe shock-jock like Gareth said do it, it will be fun do it, do it.

thanks, Gareth. You helped to ensure that people listen to the speech which many of them might not have done otherwise. Additionally they had to listen intently if you wanted to succeed at your game. I think you should be suitably rewarded by government!

thanks, Gareth. You helped to ensure that people listen to the speech which many of them might not have done otherwise. Additionally they had to listen intently if you wanted to succeed at your game. I think you should be suitably rewarded by government!

@Anonymous 01:15pm on 11 February 2012. The Pres JZ SONA is becoming more like a circus show. I recommend we move it to a stage (State) theatre, it surely feels like a stand up comedy. I was loughing my a#@ all the way through. Sorry for you, I can't wait for the next JZ comedy show

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

All citizens owe respect to the Office of President - the man in that office must earn respect. Zuma has not done that

@Anonymous 12:46 -It's "SPEECH" not "SPEACH" - that is a joke your spelling, Bro

And why is this "news"?

Anonymous1:15pm - You got it wrong! Gareth cab be funny. Whereas the clowns in the ANC are just plain incompetent fools who would be funny if their actions did not have such a tragic affect on all the Tax paying citizens of this country. Why respect them when they have no respect for the intelligence of the citizenry.

On a serious note, who writes this speech for Zooma - surely not himself? That's the person to be blamed...Zooma only recites it. Not so?

At least it got 400.000 people watching the event when they possibly would not have done. I find it so so ironic that these pompous overweight haughty pompous politicians of all political parties, show off their [for some] ill gotten wealth to the nation. whilst listening to av speech largely about unemployment and the poverty plight of the poor of South Africa. Then they all increased their waist lines even more when they trooped off to a R6 million sunptuous dinner paid for by we taxpayers. Some of those poor people paid for that dinner via VAT. The politicians of South Africa have very little shame.

The flagrant demonstration of indiscretion and indecision by J Zuma has brought the office of the President into disrepute and his person into disrespect. His state of the nation address demonstrates there is no dignity in the celebration of mediocrity.

Gareth is pushing the envelope..........with his nose... be careful you dont land up sniffing the dust.!!!!

Gareth is the rudest person. If you think Julius Malema is, then Gareth is the leader. He is stupid at that too. But this stupidity is celebrated as humor. WTF