This was President Cyril Ramaphosa's fourth state of the nation address. And where in the past he's had seven priorities or five tasks, this time there was just one: "inclusive growth".

It was, then, a message about growth and the economy. There were three focus areas on which he dwelt at length: energy supply, youth employment and sectoral plans...

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