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Panellists Lizeka Tandwa, M&G political editor; Sarah Smit, M&G economics editor; Dr Ongama Mtimka, history and politics studies lecturer at Nelson Mandela University; Sanusha Naidoo, foreign policy and political analyst, and Tshidi Madia, Eyewitness News politics associate editor. (Photo: David Harrison)

The 2024 Post-Sona Critical Thinking Forum

Panellists had little confidence in President Ramaphosa’s address

Cyril Ramaphosa

State of the Nation Address postponed

The budget speech will go on as planned, but the National Council of Provinces chairperson says Sona will be postponed for no more than a week.

Beyonce performs at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

The weekly pop sack: Life in the time of disgrace

​South Africa lost some more moral ground last weekend.

It took a vote from the MP’s to get the business of the day underway after the EFF disrupted the session.

EFF delays Zuma’s parliament address by an hour

Zuma’s address on xenophobia was disrupted when the EFF demanded that the question of when he would pay back the money be included in the session.

Multifaceted: Iman Rappetti was born to an Indian father and a coloured mother

Sona: Zuma expected to receive hostile reception

With the economy in a precarious state, and the load-shedding crisis adding to the country’s woes, President Jacob Zuma is under pressure.

DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane says it’s just another day at the office for the party

Sona 2015: Just another day at the office for DA

DA MPs refuse to participate in the State of the Nation Address red carpet festivities saying today is about the real issues SA faces.

Ethiopian PM dismisses rebel claims of deadly attacks

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday dismissed claims that rebels from the restive Ogaden region had defeated the military and caused one of his top aides to flee.…

Govt: SA not trying to topple Mugabe

The South African Presidency on Friday rejected as untrue reports that the government had been secretly working to remove Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe from power. The…

Iraq PM says civil war has been averted

Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave an upbeat assessment of the situation in his country on Monday, saying civil war had been prevented and boasting that violence…