Ramaphosa’s Sona highlighted economic recovery, unity, and foreign policy, but execution remains the real challenge.
In his first Sona under the GNU, Ramaphosa pledged economic growth and unity, but critics demand more details on implementation.President Cyril Ramaphosa could get used to leading under the government of national unity .
But maybe, MPs finally got that as he said: “let’s work together”. For just under 90 minutes, Ramaphosa was allowed to tell his “fellow South Africans” how government and business were going to turn our economy around. Malema is right, the proof is in the pudding. We need action. But perhaps Ramaphosa’s strongest statement of the evening was his response to the United States.
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