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News24 will provide comprehensive coverage of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fourth state of the nation address on Thursday night, providing readers with breaking news, in-depth analyses and a live stream.
- News24’s editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson will lead coverage from our studio on Stalplein in front of the National Assembly at Parliament, where he will be joined by senior political reporter Tshidi Madia.
- Our live stream starts at 17:30, when Basson and Madia will preview the speech and discuss what the real state of South Africa is.
- Ramaphosa’s speech will be streamed live from 19:00, and Basson and Madia will analyse the speech live in-studio alongside ministers and MPs as they emerge from the House. You can watch it here onNews24.
- Reporter Jenni Evans will lead our build-up to the speech, feeding News24’s live article from Poorthuis at Pariament, where she will speak to MPs as they arrive.
- Political reporter Lizeka Tandwa will file our breaking stories from Parliament, while parliamentary reporter Jan Gerber will be on the press gallery for the duration of proceedings in the House.
- News24 will also provide breaking analysis during the speech, with Fin24 breaking down the future of our all-important state-owned enterprises, Eskom being chief among them.
- Voices Editor Yunus Kemp will post News24’s First Take analysis within an hour of the conclusion of Ramapohosa’s speech, with our regular Friday Briefing – which will be published shortly after 06:00 tomorrow – being devoted to analysis of what Ramaphosa said, and what it means.
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