Curbing SONA Opulence Amid Poverty, Unemployment Crises

[The Mercury - South Africa] - 15/02/2026

SONA and SOPAs should be used to set the government’s agenda, not to demonstrate unnecessary opulence and extravagance, says the writer.

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