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President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Jaco Marais/Pool Images/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
2022 SONA

It is not all ‘doom and doom and doom and no action’, Ramaphosa insists, to MPs’ jeers

President concedes that South Africa is on a long and difficult journey ‘to renew the promise of our democracy’, but cites strengthening the NPA’s capacity as one example of…

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
DA leader John Steenhuisen. (Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
2022 SONA

DA tables motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa’s cabinet

‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
The City Hall is to be used by Parliament for SONA on January 31, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. The City of Cape Town made the building available following the devastating Parliament fire earlier this month. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
2022 SONA

Despite last month’s fire at parliament, officials ‘confident’ about incident-free Sona at new venue

An estimated R4-million has been budgeted for this year’s event, up sharply from R208 000 in 2021

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read