SONA 2022: Ramaphosa puts ANC above South Africa yet again
11 February 2022
More promises, more empty words, more frameworks and task teams. Those are the only solutions that President Cyril Ramaphosa offered a country that is in critical condition in his State of the Nation Address (SONA).
There can no longer be any doubt that the President puts the ANC and its policies above South Africa and its people.
He was not willing to make a single unpopular decision, like abolishing cadre deployment to put the economy on the road to recovery.
The President did, however, acknowledge that unemployment is a serious problem and proceeded to announce a stimulus programme aimed at creating jobs. Unfortunately, it is merely cosmetic and unsustainable seeing as the government will drive the project. The President also acknowledged that certain legislation and regulations hamper job creation in the private sector, but failed to properly address the issue.