SONA 2024 Cyril must take a hike, shows readers’ poll, while alternative survey highlights president’s likeability 4 min 63 By Ferial Haffajee
CORRUPTION WATCH OP-ED Ramaphosa’s blinkered story of Tintswalo omits the challenges facing our nation 5 min 0 By Moepeng Talane
CLIMATE RESILIENCE Details of SA’s Climate Change Response Fund remain sketchy 3 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
SONA 2024 DEBATE ANALYSIS Ramaphosa delivers electioneering 'klap' for opposition, talks up SA’s progress with Tintswalos in the House 4 min 39 By Marianne Merten
SONA 2024 DEBATE ANALYSIS A country divided - electioneering ratchets up in the House 1 min 3 By Marianne Merten
POWER CRISIS Ramokgopa explains why we hit Stage 6 and sticks to Ramaphosa's 'end of load shedding' claim 4 min 39 By Julia Evans
SONA 2024 OP-ED ‘Six impossible things before breakfast’ — how SA went from substance to spin 6 min 11 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
AFTER THE BELL ANC's old argument – It was all Mbeki’s fault; New argument – It was all Zuma’s fault 4 min 7 By Unknown Author
SONA 2024 Opposition bays for blood in upcoming elections after Ramaphosa's State of the Nation stump of a speech 9 min 15 By Marianne Merten
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR The Sona spectacle would be sheer comedy if it wasn’t so vulgar and tragic 3 min 29 By Unknown Author
SONA 2024 ANALYSIS With an eye on the polls, Ramaphosa talks up government achievements and makes an array of promises 5 min 12 By Marianne Merten
SONA 2024 ‘A campaign speech that went wrong’ — opposition lays into Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address 5 min 43 By Suné Payne and Velani Ludidi
SONA 2024 ‘Divorced from reality’ – Ramaphosa’s Tintswalo analogy leaves sour taste in mouth of the youth 6 min 7 By Lerato Mutsila
CHRONICLES OF SONA CHIC It was Ramaphosa’s red tie time again, like he did last summer 6 min 10 By Emilie Gambade
PHOTO ESSAY Sona 2024: Riches and rags — images tell the tale of two South Africas 3 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Kyra Wilkinson
SONA 2024 Five key takeaways from Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address 4 min 41 By Queenin Masuabi
SONA 2024 ANALYSIS Ramaphosa’s electioneering and listicles of government achievements leave opposition cold 7 min 50 By Marianne Merten
SONA 2024 ‘Dire state’ of the nation — Ramaphosa has little to celebrate, say opposition parties 4 min 1 By Queenin Masuabi
SONA 2024 As Ramaphosa suits up for address, South Africa tells him what it wants 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SPATIAL INJUSTICE OP-ED The state of the nation’s housing is dismal — the State Land Disposal Act offers a partial solution 6 min 0 By Kenneth Matlawe and Noziphiwo Sigwela
