SONA 2025: Promises vs. Reality – Where does SA stand?

JOHANNESBURG – On 8 February President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA). This address marked 30 years into democracy. Ramaphosa said the 30 years of democracy can be best told through the life of a child called Tintswalo born at the dawn of freedom in 1994.Tintswalo – democracy’s child – grew up in a society that was worlds apart from the South Africa of her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.Ramaphosa said Tintswalo and many others born at the same time as her were beneficial to the first policies of the democratic state. Painting a…