JUDITH FEBRUARY: Is our state really as resilient as the fynbos?

JUDITH FEBRUARY: Is our state really as resilient as the fynbos?
OPINION
It felt very long - because it was. For a full hour and 19 minutes, President Cyril Ramaphosa stood at the podium overlooking a virtually empty National Assembly. The 2021 State of the Nation Address will be remembered for the muted affair it was. No pomp and pageantry, pared down to its basics. This was welcomed and would hopefully be a harbinger of things to come.
As for President Ramaphosa, he looked rather weary, while simultaneously trying to be upbeat. Who could blame him, really - a global pandemic, an economy on its knees, vaccine delivery challenges and then some in his own party threatening to turn the knife in his back at next year’s ANC national elective conference.

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