He was mostly correct about South Africa’s dependence on coal and the dysfunction in the country’s municipalities. The president was - technically - on the money with claims about the post pandemic economy, investment pledges, job creation and Eskom power imports. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s seventh state of the nation address eventually took off, having been bogged down by numerous points of order from the opposition. Or take his claim that hundreds of billions have been raised from the country’s flagship investment conferences in recent years. Note: We will update this report as we compare more claims to the facts - so be sure to keep checking back.