President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2024 State of the Union Address (SONA) debate at Cape Town City Hall in Cape Town.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa can't forget the past when it comes to apartheid and colonialism, but he has questioned who is to blame for his party's mismanagement of Eskom, which led to a devastating energy crisis. “Looking back” is “not the answer,” he said. .
In response to a debate on his State of the Nation address a week ago, Ramaphosa on Thursday defended his story about Tintswalo, continuing the story laid out by ANC speakers in the debate, saying that his critics were saying that the “I don't want a democratic society,” he said, “I want a national democratic society.” It is about maintaining racial privilege and reversing the fundamental social and economic changes that are occurring in our country. ”
Last week, President Ramaphosa introduced the country to the fictional “child of democracy” Tintswalo, which is used as a rhetorical device to explain democratic progress over the past three decades under the ANC government.
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