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Ramaphosa delivers SONA 2021 speech - AS IT HAPPENED

It's a State of the Nation Address, but not as we know it: SONA 2021 takes place under unique circumstances - and we've got the live updates as they happen.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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