State of the Nation Address (SONA)
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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reaffirms NHI’s future amid confusion
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has delivered a clear message to skeptics: the National Health Insurance (NHI) is here to stay.…
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Mzansi reacts to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA 2025
While President Cyril Ramaphosa made a number of promises during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) after the…
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SONA 2025: President Ramaphosa promises economic growth amid service delivery challenges
SONA 2025: President Ramaphosa promises economic growth amid service delivery challenges! President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first State of the…
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Amnesty International SA: Ramaphosa must use SONA to cement protection of human rights defenders
As South Africa prepares for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, human rights organization Amnesty…
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Black Sash hoping President Ramaphosa highlights social inequality during his State of the Nation Address
Black Sash hoping President Ramaphosa highlights social inequality during his State of the Nation Address! As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares…
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EFF loses court bid to have Parliament’s DC declared unlawful
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have lost a High Court bid to have Parliament’s disciplinary process against them for disrupting…
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Another court blow for EFF, set to approach ConCourt
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have suffered yet another court blow in its matter against parliament. This after the Western…
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Pressure mounts on Mapisa-Nqakula to vacate her seat amid corruption allegations
Pressure continues to mount on National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to vacate her seat as head of the legislature in…
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Economists: SONA lacked details on the consolidation of SA’s constrained public purse
Some economists have described the State of the Nation Address (SONA) as scant in detail about how to consolidate the…
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Eskom ramps up power cuts to Stage 6 for the weekend
The power utility Eskom has announced Stage 6 load shedding would be implemented indefinitely. The announcement was made after midnight…
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Ramaphosa’s SONA did not accurately reflect land & housing struggle, says Ndifuna Ukwazi
Lobby Group Ndifuna Ukwazi has said the optimistic picture painted by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State Of the Nation…
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Investigators probing if more police involved in disappearance of guns in Mitchells Plain, says Masemola
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said investigators were hard at work to find out if more police officials are involved…
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Photos: A look at SONA 2024 red carpet
All roads led to the Cape Town City Hall in the Western Cape, where South African leaders converged for the…
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2024 SONA: President Ramaphosa says the worst of load shedding is ‘behind us’
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday evening. The address took place before a…
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EFF’s urgent court application to have its leadership attend SONA dismissed
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’s urgent application to have Julius Malema and five…
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Court to rule on whether suspended EFF leadership can attend SONA
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leaders will know on Thursday morning whether they can attend the State of the Nation Address…
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Presidency says Ramaphosa recovering well from illness & will be ready to deliver SONA
Despite suffering from a bout of flu this week, the Presidency said that President Cyril Ramaphosa was recovering well and…
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NATJOINTS satisfied with safety measures ahead of SONA
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) said it was satisfied that all deployments were in place to ensure…
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Road closures in Cape Town for the State of the Nation Address
President Cyril Ramaphosa will present the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) for the sixth Parliament of South Africa…
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COSATU expects President Ramaphosa’s SONA to introduce interventions to tackle SA’s many challenges
While analysts don’t expect President Cyril Ramaphosa to make bold promises in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on…
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Jacob Zuma invited to attend R6.5 million Sona
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says former president Jacob Zuma has been invited to attend this year’s State of the…
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EFF returns to court in bid to force Parliament to allow leaders to attend SONA
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) return to the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday to force Parliament to allow its…
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Ramaphosa will deliver last Sona for ANC, says John Steenhuisen
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen is confident that President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his last State of the Nation…
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EFF slams draconian decision to suspend leaders from parliament
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said the Western Cape High Court’s decision to dismiss the party’s application to suspend disciplinary…
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Rise Mzansi says South African schools are like a war zone
New political kid on the block says that South Africa has seen more than 200 incidents of rape at schools…
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President Ramaphosa hails SA legal team as it argues case at International Court of Justice
African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the South African legal team for representing the country well in…
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President Ramaphosa sets date for 2024 State of the Nation Address
President Cyril Ramaphosa has written to the National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and the National Council of Provinces chairperson (NCOP),…
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Parliament told that EFF must be found guilty of disorderly conduct for disrupting SONA
The initiator in the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) disciplinary hearings for disrupting the State of the Nation Address (SONA) says…
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Julius Malema and 5 MPs walk out of disciplinary hearing
EFF leader Julius Malema and five fellow party MPs on Monday walked out of a disciplinary hearing into their conduct…
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ANC supports Godongwana’s plans to reconfigure state & close some depts, says Fikile Mbalula
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the party supports Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s plans to close some…
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ANC turns down EFF request to call Mapisa-Nqakula as witness in Sona fray matter
The African National Congress (ANC) has closed ranks around National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula by turning down a request from…
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WC Premier Winde rejects Ramaphosa’s Electricity Minister plan
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s proposal to appoint a Minister of Electricity. During his State…
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Bheki Cele forced to withdraw claims that John Steenhuisen was an abuser
Police Minister Bheki Cele has been forced to withdraw his claims in Parliament that Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen…
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Fikile Mbalula refutes claims Ramaphosa hasn’t delivered on previous promises
The African National Congress (ANC) says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) has reflected on the government’s…
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#Sona2023: R10 billion fund to support small business growth
President Cyril Rampahosa delivered the eagerly awaited State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday evening. While the most significant…
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#SONA2023: Ramaphosa could have simply sent South Africa a WhatsApp voice note, says UDM Youth
The keynote speech by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) was uninspiring and does not…
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DA: New electricity minister another crook in the rotten pot
The Democratic Alliance has criticized President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a new minister of electricity in the Presidency, saying this…
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ActionSA to consider legal action against President Ramaphosa’s draconian state
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of centralizing power in his office, following the announcement of yet…
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#Sona2023: Farmer wants President Ramaphosa to deem agriculture an essential service
Emerging poultry farmer Bayanda Maseko has appealed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to extend aid to the sector as its troubles…
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Civil organisations describe SA as a country in crisis ahead of Sona
Civil society organizations including Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation have described South Africa as a…
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Agri SA pleads with President Ramaphosa to declare agriculture sector an essential service
Agri SA has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare agriculture an essential service amid the country’s worsening power crisis.…
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Cosatu sets high expectations for President Ramaphosa’s Sona
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has high expectations for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address…
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Cosatu calls for urgent steps to fix economy during Sona
Cosatu has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to deliver a concrete State of the Nation Address (Sona) that will do…
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Parly acts to shield President Ramaphosa’s Sona from load shedding
Parliament on Friday said preparations for February’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) are in full swing, adding that it’s…
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Cyril Ramaphosa says SA’s unemployment crisis keeps him awake at night
President Cyril Ramaphosa said if anything kept him awake at night, it was the country’s growing unemployment crisis. He said…
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SA has gone from bad to worse under Ramaphosa, says Julius Malema
Members of Parliament will continue picking apart President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) when the debate continues…
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Gatvol South Africans slate SONA on social media
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) last week may have trended on social media, but possibly for…
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Cyril Ramaphosa facing his toughest year with a weakened & divided ANC – analyst
President Cyril Ramaphosa faces his toughest year according to analysts, but the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament said that…
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Police Boss Bheki Cele fires another shot at Khehla Sitole
The working relationship between Police Minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner General Khehla Sitole seems to still be rocky.…
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Watch LIVE: Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address
Festivities have kicked off at the Cape Town City Hall ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address…
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