Without the spectacle, Sona draws a smaller online crowd
Daily Maverick | 16.02.2026 05:57
The State of the Nation Address (Sona) generated markedly less online engagement than in previous years. Where earlier Sona moments routinely attracted 400,000 or more posts on X, this year there were just more than 30,000 in the past week. The decline in volume might have something to do with shifting social media platform use, but it also suggests that the address has lost some of its dramatic pull.
