Economic analysts and ordinary citizens alike are looking forward to the President’s State of the Nation Address on Thursday. This comes as the country faces aPresident Cyril Ramaphosa will be under pressure to announce immediate solutions to the current energy crisis and other pressing challenges like unemployment.
The nation is in a bad state – the energy crisis remains a daily nightmare for businesses and households alike. It’s expected to sharply derail economic growth this year, which will further exacerbate the country’s social woes. Senior Economist at FNB, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi says, “We expect the president’s message to centre around three broad themes: the first one being the energy plan. here we expect an honest reflection on what progress has been made regarding this and what South Africans should expect going forward.
COSATU’s Parliamentary co-ordinator, Matthew Parks explains, “The economy is not going to grow and unemployment cannot fall if we have up to 10 hours of load shedding a day. The president we hope will announce a state of the disaster and that every possible resource and support will be given to Eskom by all organs of state and society to ensure that we can reduce load shedding.
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We are actually dreading it.;same waffling, lies and bs.
People who are looking forward to the same lies every year are hopeless. Ramaphosa is incompetent and has no backbone. He is weak and dilussional for wanting to be a president. This job is not for small minded people
Will see, what SONA' s gonna change South Africans lives, what I see poverty is looming, crime and unemployment. Thanks
No, I m one of those who are not interested in these time wasting speeches.
Looking forward for what exactly?
Don’t hold your breath….. ALL TALK NO ACTION PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa
GovernmentZA ParliamentofRSA how will we see the speech when Eskom_SA has loadshedding over that time or do they only loadshed white areas over that time?
No we are not. Loadshedding from the doos at Eskom_SA will prevent us from seeing it