In his 2026 State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “If every small and medium-sized business in South Africa could employ one additional person, we would create three million new jobs.” On its own, the maths seems to add up until you reckon with the fact that slogans do not hire people. […]
The 2026 State of the Nation Address will outline ambitious policy goals. But policies implemented in digital silence will struggle to earn democratic legitimacy