South Africa’s debt burden
According to the 2022 budget, the revised estimate of the 2021/22 GDP of South Africa is R6.3trn. Government debt has… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Put your money where the mouths are
During SONA, the President outlines the government’s priorities and objectives following which the Minister of Finance uses the Budget Speech… Read More
Sigh of Relief
The President announced in the 2022 SONA that the Social Relief of Distress Grant would be extended to the end… Read More
Road closures
SONA is the highest profile political event of the year, with the President, former Presidents, members of the judiciary and… Read More
We Interrupt This Broadcast
The 2022 SONA announced that migration from analogue to digital transmission of television broadcasts would wrap up in March 2022…. Read More
Greening the Economy
SONA 2022 saw President Cyril Ramaphosa announce that South Africa is building a multibillion-dollar cannabis and hemp industry with the… Read More