President Cyril Ramaphosa had barely finished his disappointing state of the nation address on Thursday night when Eskom ramped up its load-shedding to stage 4. It was the perfect full stop to a speech almost entirely devoid of meaning.
Unlike the very first State of the Nation Address (Sona) after the ushering in of this so-called new dispensation, the upcoming one is just a formality.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday evening deliver his eighth state of the nation address, which will also be his final one under the sixth administration.