SONA 2024 Cyril must take a hike, shows readers’ poll, while alternative survey highlights president’s likeability 4 min 63 By Ferial Haffajee
IMBONGI MILESTONE Praise poet’s family celebrates her Sona appearance — and a special moment for the Eastern Cape 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
PHOTO ESSAY From the red carpet to the joint sitting, Sona 2025 in pictures 12 min 35 By Maverick Life Editors
SONA 2025 Ramaphosa address — MK, EFF, ActionSA disappointed, but some GNU partners optimistic 6 min 14 By Victoria O’Regan
SONA 2025 Ramaphosa aims for 3% growth, targeting infrastructure investment 2 min 19 By Ferial Haffajee
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
2024 SONA DEBATE ANALYSIS Tintswalo and balloons take centre stage amid the weird, the curious and the contradictory debates 4 min 4 By Marianne Merten
SONA 2024 OP-ED So many questions and so few answers arise from the State of the Nation Address 5 min 0 By Zimbali Mncube and Liso Mdutyana
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
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS Civil society gives Ramaphosa Sona resounding thumbs-down 8 min 5 By Takudzwa Pongweni
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 ANALYSIS ‘SA’s law enforcement is restored’ – uhm, ok, but Cyril Ramaphosa avoids glaring problems 6 min 22 By Caryn Dolley
AFRICA CHECK ‘Democracy’s child’ fact-check: Ramaphosa’s 2024 State of the Nation Address doesn’t completely add up 5 min 1 By Africa Check
