President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his fourth state of the nation address (Sona) on Thursday amid pressure to turn around SA’s ailing state-owned enterprises, most notably broke power utility Eskom. 

Exactly two years after Ramaphosa delivered his first Sona after Jacob Zuma was forced to resign by the governing ANC, the “Ramaphoria” optimism has all but evaporated as the realities faced by SA have hit home. ..

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