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Cyril Ramahosa is the president of South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2026 state of the nation address. (GCIS)

READ IT IN FULL: Ramaphosa’s 2026 state of the nation address

This was Ramaphosa’s ninth address since being elected in 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

READ IN FULL: Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA 6 FEBRUARY 2025 CAPE TOWN CITY HALL Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza,Chairperson of the National Council…

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

READ IN FULL | Ramaphosa’s 2024 state of the nation address

The president delivered his 8th address. The last one before elections later this year

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

Working to prevent state capture now and into the future

The State Capture Commission made 205 recommendations on the criminal investigation and possible prosecution of people and companies

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

READ IN FULL | Ramaphosa’s changes to the cabinet

The president announced that Paul Mashatile will become deputy president and Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as the new Electricity Minister

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Ramaphosa: South Africa’s greylisting is an opportunity to strengthen the fight against financial crimes

In his weekly newsletter, the president argues that he welcomes the intensified monitoring by FATF

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

READ IT IN FULL: Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address

The president announced a state of disaster regarding the energy crisis

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dear Fellow South Africans: A letter from Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday 25 July

A team led by the ministers of employment and labour, trade, industry and competition, and finance have been meeting social partners to map out the priorities that must be…

Solving the electricity crisis is necessary if we are to realise the potential of our economy (Waldo Swiegers/ Bloomberg/ Getty-Images)

Solving Eskom’s load-shedding crisis is vital for investment

Solving the electricity crisis is necessary if we are to realise the potential of our economy

Power utility has 4 588MW on planned maintenance, while another 16 142MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns

President: We can and will do more to end load-shedding

After more than a decade of electricity shortages, South Africans are right to feel frustrated and angry.

Imported goods are subject to customs duties and a 15% VAT rate based on their value, which must be paid to Sars. (Oupa Nkosi)

Ramaphosa: Improved tax revenue supports economic growth

Tax revenue propels our nation’s development. The money collected by SARS finances service delivery and infrastructure.

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Special tribunal shows crime does not pay

Those who have stolen from the state may believe they have gotten away with it, but their deeds will eventually catch up with them.

Despite its status as the world’s largest humanitarian disaster, the international community has largely failed to respond in a meaningful way to the carnage. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Resolution of Ukraine conflict must be durable and lasting

The peoples of Russia and Ukraine – two neighbours whose histories, peoples and fortunes are inextricably bound together – deserve a peace that is durable, sustainable and lasting.

The State of the Nation address held at the City of Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa.  (David Harrison)

The president’s desk: Job creation needs both a vibrant private sector and developmental state

Some people have suggested that we must make a choice between the two ideas.

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation.

READ IT IN FULL: Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address

The president promised that the state will act on the findings of the Zondo commission and vowed to cut red tape to facilitate job creation

Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese António Guterres, during his meeting with the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez (R), at the Moncloa Palace. Guterres has shown his “admiration for the courage in the resilience that the Spanish have shown”, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and has assured that being a direct witness of “an exemplary cooperation of Spain with the United Nations system”, in the peace and security mechanisms and operations, and also “in human rights”, of “an exemplary commitment of Spain to multilateralism”, as well as of “the quality” of Spanish institutions. (Juan Carlos Rojas/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

Urgent need for the world to reinvigorate rules-based multilateralism

The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table

The Ukraine conflict shows how effective sanctions can be, but they should be applied wherever imperialism is present. (Photograph by Mostafa Alkharouf/ Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa’s letter on the Palestine-Israel conflict

The president addresses the recent violence in Palestine

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

READ IT IN FULL: Ramaphosa’s 2021 state of the nation address

Read the 2021 state of the nation address, as delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

‘Let us build this social compact of shared responsibility and a new society founded on the principles of justice, dignity and equality,’ writes President Ramaphosa (David Harrison/M&G)

Proper sanitation in schools is a human right

In the public-school system, more than 11 000 schools have been provided with flush toilets since 1994

“A new dawn”- President Cyril Ramaphosa’s maiden SONA in full

Read President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address in its entirety