The presidency invited South Africans on social media to recommend topics for Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address – and we obliged.
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/ 3 February 2015
Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says that the EFF’s threat to disrupt the State of the Nation address is an issue Parliament must deal with.
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/ 14 January 2015
While putting questions to the president during his State of the Nation address isn’t against the rules, doing so would go against the "norm".
EFF leader Julius Malema tore into President Jacob Zuma at the Sona debate, but also received a lot of criticism.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi and opposition parties have harshly criticised Jacob Zuma’s Sona, with some calling for a radical change to economic policy.
President Jacob Zuma will give his State of the Nation address this week, while elsewhere investors will focus on eurozone inflation updates.
President Jacob Zuma has told National Assembly that government would launch a drive to tackle poverty and inequality after the elections.
There was a great deal of story-telling in Parliament as party after party tried to use the "good story to tell" phrase to their own end.
While ANC MPs stuck to the "good story" line, opposition parties in Parliament aimed to poke holes in last week’s State of the Nation address.
DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko has vowed to table a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma if the Nkandla report implicates him.
In his State of the Nation address, President Jacob Zuma highlighted his administration’s successes but also expressed worry over violent protests.
The red carpet in the parliamentary precinct lit up with colour as MPs and invited guests dazzled with their glamorous and not-so-glamorous outfits.
Expectations for President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address has varied widely, with some hoping he will announce his retirement.
Parliament has announced that there will be two State of the Nation addresses in 2014, and says the cost of the first one will be R5.7-million.
In an unusual move, IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi interrupted President Jacob Zuma during his response to the State Of The Nation debate.
Jacob Zuma’s administration has implemented some of the promises he made in last year’s State of the Nation address, but struggled to fulfil others.
Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane says Cabinet has called for the protracted debate on labour broking at Nedlac to be finalised soon.
Great-sounding policies but no implementation and developing of societies most vulnerable.
ANC bigwigs, including Gwede Mantashe, almost missed the State of the Nation address after an official disappeared with their access tags.
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/ 17 February 2012
No spin can obscure what we saw of the president’s real intentions for the judiciary in general and the Constitutional Court in particular.
The state, economists say, can afford to double its debt levels and lift borrowing to about R1-trillion to pay its ambitious infrastructure plans.
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/ 17 February 2012
Trade union Solidarity has hit out at the state in a new report, pleading the case for mine ownership to be left in private hands.
President Jacob Zuma has slammed FF+ leader Pieter Mulder for his controversial views on land reforms, telling him he needed a lesson in history.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says progress is being made in education despite problems in staffing, fees and enrolment.
FF+ leader Pieter Mulder gave the hornet’s nest on land ownership a poke when he said "bantu-speakers" had no historical claim to 40% of the country.
Responding to the State of the Nation, the DA says an inability to reach reconciliation through economic redress is the cause of national discontent.
Analysts say the infrastructure drive unveiled by President Zuma must be combined with other programmes if it is to succeed in growing SA’s economy.
Six immigrants give their views on life in their adopted country.
President Zuma has delivered one of his better State of the Nation speeches since taking office in 2009. Our politics team breaks it down for us.
The DA has detailed 10 broken promises since the President’s State of the Nation speech last year, and thinks this year will be "more of the same".
We talk to editor-in-chief Nic Dawes about what we can expect from Zuma at this year’s State of the Nation address.
South Africa’s rampant unemployment and sluggish economy loom over President Jacob Zuma as he prepares to deliver his State of the Nation address.