State of the Nation Address praise poet, Inako Mateza, shared on social media the Presidency's stance on her referring to Cyril Ramaphosa as Cupcake.

The young praise singer for Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2025 State of the Nation Address showed South Africans the traditional ...

A young Xhosa poet delivered a praise speech for the president of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa during the ...

Praise singing is meant to give "Africanness" pride of place. Mateza's voice, narrating the President's personal history, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa - and the rest of South Africa - were tickled pink after SONA Imbongi Inako Mateza referred to him as 'Cupcake'.

In addition to a significant political event, the annual SONA is a showcase of SA fashion. Here are some of this year's SONA outfits.

Inako Mateza is performing at this year's State of the Nation Address as an imbongi, or praise poet, to welcome the President.

As the nation gears up for the 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA), a 19-year-old imbongi (praise singer), Inako Mateza, is preparing to take centre stage, embracing a role deeply rooted in ...

So, for me being the imbongi that will be welcoming President Cyril Ramaphosa makes me feel ... As a passionate praise poet, she has been honing her craft since 2016, participating in poetry, prepared ...

So, for me being the imbongi that will be welcoming President Cyril Ramaphosa makes me feel ... As a passionate praise poet, ...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken with Elon Musk to discuss “issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” according to a statement shared on Tuesday (Feb. 4).

While Trump did not say whose land Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration was confiscating, his outburst appears directed at the South African president’s signing into law of the Expropriation Act ...