EDITORIAL: What Ramaphosa needs to say in his opening of new parliament speech
President should inject good dose of realism while providing some reason for hope
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first state of the nation address in February 2018 was a clear statement of his government’s intent to do better after the damage of the Zuma era. He ended it by quoting the inspirational “Thuma Mina” words from the Hugh Masekela song that anticipated “a day of renewal, of new beginnings”.
Ramaphosa’s speech on Thursday at the opening of SA’s new parliament is not going to be called a state of the nation address this time. But it will be seen as the equivalent of the second Sona that the president has in the past delivered in an election year, to outline the programme of the new administration...
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