SONA REPURPOSED AS ANC ELECTION CAMPAIGN
For the first time since the dawn of democracy in 1994, the governing ANC faces the prospect of no longer winning an outright majority in the national and some provincial elections. It is within this context that President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to wilfully neglect his constitutional duty to deliver the annual State of the Nation Address (Sona) and used the occasion to launch the ANC’s 2024 election campaign.
In typical ANC fashion, Ramaphosa’s speech continued with the tradition of apportioning blame for
