Pandemic President Cyril Ramaphosa s tight-rope walk
Thursday night marked Cyril Ramaphosa s fifth State of the Nation Address, but his first since Covid-19 gripped the country and the rest of the world.
It resulted in a much-muted affair, with only a handful of mask-wearing MPs in Parliament, while the president made his address which had a strong focus on economic recovery and business, with very few details on the vaccine rollout, which is probably what most citizens wanted to hear.
25 May marks two years since Ramaphosa was officially inaugurated as the country s president after holding down the fort following Jacob Zuma s resignation on 14 February 2018.