President Ramaphosa’s 2021 State of the Nation Address offers a mixed scorecard

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 12 Feb 2021 by Iraj Abedian

President Cyril Ramaphosa opened this year’s Parliament and delivered the 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA) under an undoubtedly reshaped global and domestic economic environment. Usually a glamorous and expensive affair, the opening of Parliament in 2021 was scaled down to 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) and 20 guests and officials, at a total cost of R100,000 (compared to R7.3 million in 2020). Significantly, the SONA is to set the government’s roadmap for the year ahead. The 2021 SONA could not be more important as besides accounting for progress regarding the plans outlined in the 2020 SONA, it was expected to lay out the plan to get SA back on the path to economic growth.

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