Despite President Ramaphosa’s optimistic analogies of fynbos re-emerging after fire, 2021’s State of the Nation Address made it clear that South Africa has a long, and largely undefined, road to recovery ahead.

The South African Institute of Valuers (SAIV) has welcomed the State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday, 11 February.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address was lacklustre at best, failing dismally to reassure investors that the country has tangible short- to medium-term plans to effect an economic turn-around, comments Joff van Reenen, Director of specialist real estate auction company, High Street Auctions.

The rand has certainly been on a tumultuous ride in the 12 months since the 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA).

As anticipated, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to the urgency for economic growth and the need for a serious and sustainable increase in the employment rate in his State of the Nation address last night. 

Herschel Jawitz has cautiously welcomed President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address, which addressed most of the critical issues facing the country but not necessarily in enough detail.

Work is afoot on reconfiguring the South African electricity sector by addressing challenges faced by Eskom, with the board of the first subsidiary of the power utility to be appointed by mid-2019, Treasury said on Wednesday.

A highlight on South Africa’s political calendar kicks off tomorrow at 17h00.

South Africa’s eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, with its diverse culture, year-long sublime climate and abundant natural heritage sites and attractions, has the pull power to bring even more international and domestic tourists to its shores, and has the most potential nationwide to become the tourism capital of the country.

During the 2016 State of the Nation Address, the President of the Republic of South Africa first announced that a Bill regulating the ownership of land would be published for comment and tabled before Parliament.