By Kouthar Sambo As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) set to take place on Thursday at the Cape Town City Hall, various organisations will hold a protest at the St. George’s Cathedral at 2:30 pm today. The idea is to push for a[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to reply to the two-day joint debate on his seventh State of the Nation Address this afternoon. Today also marks the day when he delivered his first SONA on 16 February 2018 after he was elected and sworn in as president the previous day. On[…]
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) says the appointment of a minister for electricity in the office of the president is a bad idea. Busa was reacting to the state of the nation address (Sona) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday evening. “It must be seen as a low point[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis With the annual State of the Nation Address set to take place on Thursday in Cape Town, The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to deliver concrete solutions that will eradicate load shedding, create jobs, and bring down soaring[…]
Social Development Minister, and African National Congress (ANC) NEC member Lindiwe Zulu, says moving the State of the Nation Address (SONA), to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, is a costly exercise for Parliament. COPE spokesperson and Member of Parliament Dennis Bloem, suggested the move – as Parliament building has yet to[…]
The debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) descended into a shouting match in the National Assembly after an ANC MP accused EFF leader Julius Malema of domestic violence. As Malema made his way to the podium, following Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, National Council[…]
While President Cyril Ramphosa’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) was once again filled with ambitious plans, many continue to question the practicality of its implementation. In a colourful event on Thursday evening, not short of drama, Ramaphosa outlined his vision for South Africa’s future. Aside from the professional[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that government will not be able to fix South Africa’s economic woes on its own. This comes as the country faces possible downgrades due to low economic growth, a growing debt burden and upward revision of the fiscal deficit. In November last year, ratings[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa must be brave enough to give a real diagnosis of South Africa when he delivers his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, several economists agreed. Ramphosa’s fourth address – since taking over the presidency in February 2018 – comes as the economy continues to limp[…]
As protests erupt in Palestine and other countries in opposition to US President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East ‘peace plan’, South African civil society will also hold pickets in Cape Town. Palestinian solidarity groups will mobilise on Wednesday at Parliament, ahead of the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA)[…]
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