Overview
- After two days of SONA debate, Cyril Ramaphosa warned Cabinet members that achievements belong to the Government of National Unity, not individual parties.
- Ramaphosa detailed plans to restructure state-owned enterprises, including Eskom, and to open rail and grid access to private operators while keeping public ownership.
- He highlighted Transnet’s security improvements and said private freight concessions and grid access would be used to boost logistics and electricity supply.
- The president announced a criminal‑justice reform initiative working with SAPS, the NPA and the SIU, and said classifying gender‑based violence and femicide as a national disaster enables faster, coordinated action.
- Defending broad‑based BEE, he ordered a framework review to enhance transformation, as the DA renewed opposition to race‑based measures and coalition tensions persisted.