President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation speech was not that bad. But it’s hard to recall one that has been so universally panned. No-one liked it, even though it made some concessions that should have won praise: the extension of the R350 grant; the extension of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) benefit to businesses that were closed by the lockdown; a promise to continue with public employment programmes; and a fairly bold commitment to opening up competition in the electricity market...