What will it take for us not to wait for calamity before we really answer to the real cries of ordinary South Africans? What will it take for SONA to truly be an evening of celebration? asksPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivered 2022's inaugural State of the Nation Address on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the release of former president Nelson Mandela.
And as the country paused to listen to Ramaphosa on his reflection on where we are as a country and what programmes are being envisaged for a productive and resilient South Africa, portions of his address became reminiscent of Madiba's autobiography- just in a more contemporary sense, but with very similar themes; years of darkness, the Rivonia"capture", the rise of a defiance campaign, missed opportunities, negotiation with the"enemy" and a country increasingly...