SONA2022 - The Battle for the SoulOfSA An Acumen Media Report I was expecting a mas

SONA2022 - The Battle for the SoulOfSA
An Acumen Media Report

I was expecting a massive build up to SONA22 and I wasnt disappointed. What struck me immediately was the lack of hope amongst the anchors, their guests and certainly social media. The same President who said ThumaMina, the same President who waved in a NewDawn was the same President we expected nothing from at all for SONA2022.

We were wrong! Im delighted to tell you that our President is back good people and short of listing a set of names and telling them to exit left to meet the NPA at the door, he delivered this exact message with a little more decorum. Im getting ahead of myself. Lets start at the beginning.

The ceremony kicked off with a great deal of fanfare. Marching bands, the army, planes flying overhead and even the bagpipes were out I dont get that bit. The Sona2022 theme colour? A gluttonous gold draped across the City Hall in Cape Town. The red carpet was swollen with outfits that cost far more than R350 and we felt that! StateOfOurNation.

A quarter of a million people engaged on social media about SONA2022 and they werent happy at the start. The President arrived in an enviable motorcade and made his way with pinpoint timing to the lavish event. His opening line was directed at the RET. He called our Constitution the most beautiful Constitution in the world. And with that gave LindiweSisulu and her RET crew a jab. It was at this point that my eyes left twitter and actually focused on the screen. What was this guy doing? Was he doing exactly what we were begging for a huge cull of the rot and a set of orange overalls? Surely not? Was he actually going to put the TenderSwindlers behind bars? SaveTheSoulofSA

In a marathon speech that lasted almost two hours, the President built his narrative up with charming success stories from efforts of the government in the past year. We didnt buy these tales of achievement they were minor compared to the devastation that surrounds the country. StateOfOurNation. And then, a smile crept over his face He made the massive announcement that South Africa was going to pioneer the hemp industry, basically weed was going to save us! Twitter laughed but at the same time applauded what is a natural and needed resource taking front and centre at the SONA address. So we have a plan guys, were GonnaSellWeed! The audience was still giggling, but the Presidents wry smile was gone as he dropped the first in a set of humbling grenades on his own team. He said it was time for big leadership changes. He said that the Cabinet was responsible for the JulyRiots! I almost spat out my coffee, and so did the audience. No one expected that. He repeated it and said that it was time for action against the Cabinet and serious protection for whistleblowers. SOS South Africa.

And he wasnt done, he said those that are implicated in PPETenderFraud will be severely dealt with. He said that StateCapture did happen and there will be justice for our country. You could hear the unease amongst the benches. He also admitted, for the first time, that there was a BattlefortheSoul of South Africa and he needed all the help he can get. And just like that, our President was back!

There were some other interesting bits, he apparently was wearing Foschini and a local shoe manufacturer and he said that LocalIsLekker and to support local enterprise. He told a ridiculous story how someone had saved their R350 grant money and started a small street food stall and made their way out of poverty. That was a line too far, we didnt believe that and even if it was true MrP, that was not something to crow about.

He came out with some downright weird stuff too. He said that 95 bridges will be built this year, isnt that random? Well wait until you hear whos building those bridges the SANDF. What? He went on to say the SANDF have great engineering minds. Um, really? Anyway, Ill take your bridges if you bring on the consequences for the plundering of my country. StateOfMyNation

He said there was far too much red tape in our country and the SMMEs should be paid on time. He appointed MrNkosi to be the red tape cutter, that sounds like someone has been hired to slice through ribbons at the opening of the bridges, but Im going to let it slide there is of course the BattleForTheSoul of SA at stake.

He said the State of NationalDisaster would be lifted but did not commit to the date. I got that, the minute he announces a date, we have to start repaying debt. Money we simply do not have. He spoke of Hydrogen as a resource and took a swipe at greedy GwedeMantashe by saying that all projects would consider the strict environmental regulations and would use green technology.

He ended by taking a good hard look at the audience as he said that looting time is over, its time to take control. I pray this wasnt lip service, it didnt feel like lip service. I heard a man in control, even his tie, the red tie of the power hungry hung easily around his neck with a badly tied knot, a symbol. Were taking back our power and it wont be easy, but it is also not a noose around our necks? SOS SA

Outside of this event, a fire started in Durban at a liquor store, flames flew high up ahead. We all know what happened there. We will not be played.

There was huge news all week, I could barely keep track. Last week we followed the JSCInterviews which resulted in an attack on DaliMpofu for his infantile behaviour in the court. The attack came from all quarters, media and within the ranks of the Judiciary themselves. Of course, HandsOffDaliMpofu started to trend yawn! This was after Adriaan Basson called Mpofu a nincompoop. Its a cool word right? But not for a silk. Look Dali is ridiculous, but hes a SILK and as such Mr Basson it was not your place to launch an attack on his credentials. What saved you was your thoughts, lets say our thoughts, were the thoughts of the entire higher echelons of the judiciary. A nincompoop indeed.

Enter the JulyRiots report. I refuse to call it the JulyRiots, I call it what it was a CoupDeTat, an Insurrection. Riots implies that South Africans were willing participants, nothing can be further from the truth, WeWerePlayed. The report reads like a bad tellaNovella. Lack of resource, snail paced responses to a third force, in-fighting, a dramatic lack of action by KhayaSithole that was so outrageous one could call it treasonous. In fact, the misbehaviour of the internal faction of the ANC should be tried for treason. Yet we are still watching little fires everywhere. The Bluetrain went off this week along with another pesky homeless person who broke into the SSA. Someone else stole hard drives from city of Joburg, Lethabo Power Station was sabotaged, and these are just the stories we are aware of. The StateOfTheNation

In other news that woman who got a bonus not bonus from Nsfas was found guilty and has to pay back the money. But what was she thinking? Marraphones, the only South African mobile producer went bust. Social Media pointed fingers at ChanteJantjies, but no one looks to the IDC. Tshwane devastated by flooding had its electricity turned off in most government department. This is our capital citys government office that are now in darkness because they didnt pay their bills. Thats the StateoftheNation

My favourite story this week and likely to be the best feeling for any entrepreneur Makates case against Vodacom. The court ruled that he was entitled to 5 of all Vodacom revenues for a ten-year period. Vodacom have rebutted, obviously, but Makate has won, the little guy got justice against the giant. MakateWeSeeYou Amandla

The death of KuliRoberts shook the nation, an unexpected and traumatic loss for our country.

The TinderSwindler took over social media feeds as it opened on Netflix, here at home especially as he made reference to being in a South African jail. South Africans have made a meal of SimonLeviev by using his Whatsapp conversations to take over advertising specials and it was so fun! Check out Checkers Sixty60 captions for PeterHurt. So clever.

Across more waters we saw the WinterOlympics, the BritAwards and the Oscars make an impact. The Queen celebrated 70years on the throne and announced that Camilla would be referred to as Queen when Charles was King. Who cares, where is Andrew? Youre not going to believe this but as part of his defense he is stating that the image of him with Epstein Ghislane and an underage girl was photoshopped after a painting was done of the teen. I kid you not that is his defense, they dont even care do they Predators.

We saw the death of Ryann, the whole world wept for the toddler as he lost his life under the ground where his family couldnt get to him. To God we return Ryann may your family find ease. The most ludicrous thing Ive seen this week, and Ive seen a lot, is the PregnantMan emojj. I hate to tell you good people of Apple, men cant get pregnant I dont care which personal pronoun you use.

On that note, Im taking a break next week, Im going diving where the biggest concern is how close you can get to that shark. If you celebrate VDay, enjoy, my date is with a RaggedTooth and shes beautiful!

Im Tonya Khoury and youve just ScratchedTheSurface with Acumen Media

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