The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC
South Africa has a slew of service-delivery problems, most notably in the water and electricity sectors. The time for promises is over: what the country needs is action
The official opposition says the president’s state of the nation speech will not detail anything new or productive. Meanwhile, the EFF is threatening more disruption
The president is facing challenges at every turn, among them the economy, the state of SOEs and factionalism within the ANC. Only if Ramaphosa and his party work together will they be able to turn their declining fortunes around
We need to slay the myth that the president alone has magical powers to fix the economy and ANC
ANC president says only his party can improve lives, as Northern Cape residents lament their struggles in South Africa’s sparsest province
The ANC is stronger electorally but is still too weak to help the president make the decisions the country’s many crises demand
The president continues to question Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s motives
In an answering affidavit, the public protector accuses the president of obfuscating and being part of a “grand stratagem” to have her removed
The president says a R53-billion drop in tax collection and Eskom have drained the public purse