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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the state of the nation address. File Photo

SONA SPECIAL DIGITAL EDITION | Ramaphosa states his case before the election

The president promised that load-shedding would soon be under control and that service delivery would be improved. Again.

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (@PresidencyZA/X)

Ramaphosa’s Sona was high on electioneering but low on accountability

The president promised that load-shedding would soon be under control and that service delivery would be improved. Again

The 13th of December marks the end of the consultation period President Cyril Ramaphosa announced after he signed the Act to allow parties to find each other on contentious clauses. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa renews his vow to end state capture

The president said ‘every person responsible’ must be held to account, in a state of the nation address made with the election in mind

On record: President Cyril Ramaphosa has lost his electoral pull and the Ramaphoria still present at the last elections has faded, according to commentators. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Getty Images

Sona: What matters the message when the future hangs in the balance?

Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech will count in the long term, if he survives the elections, but it is too late to buy him voters, experts say

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

READ IN FULL | Ramaphosa’s 2024 state of the nation address

The president delivered his 8th address. The last one before elections later this year

President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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WATCH AGAIN | Ramaphosa delivers 2024 state of the nation address

The president will deliver his eighth state of the nation address. It will also be his final one under the sixth administration.

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2023 State Of The Nation Address. (Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

LIVE UPDATES | State of the nation address 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce an election date at this year’s Sona

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

State of the nation: Brace for the Ramaphosa ripple effect

There is a tendency to think of the president as ineffective. But his first term has seen a marked hastening of structural reforms, which could change the economy forever

2023 post Sona panellists Athandiwe Saba, former M&G deputy editor; Dr Roland Ngam, Programme Manager for Climate Change and Sociological Transfomation at Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung; Lizeka Tandwa, Political Editor at the Mail & Guardian; Tessa Dooms, Director Rivonia Circle, and Professor Richard Calland, Associate Professor, University of Cape Town.

M&G Critical Thinking Forum | State of the Nation Address

Join the Mail & Guardian, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and a panel of experts at the post-State of the Nation Address Critical Thinking Forum in Cape Town