PARLIAMENT PREPARES FOR THE PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

• President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the State of the Nation address at the Cape Town city hall on 6 February 2025.
• The address will be the first delivered for the 7th democratic Parliament.
• The State of Nation outlines achievements, flags challenges, and provides an outline for plans for the upcoming financial year.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the first State of the Nation address to a joint sitting of Parliament on 6 February 2025 at 7pm at the Cape Town city hall.

The president has formally requested Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, to convene the joint sitting.

President Ramaphosa calls this joint sitting in accordance with Section 84(2)(d) of the Constitution and Rule 13(1)(a) of the Joint Rules of Parliament. The Constitution states that the President is responsible for summoning the National Assembly, the National Council of Provinces or Parliament, to an extraordinary sitting to conduct special business. 

The State of the Nation will be the first for the 7th democratic Parliament.

During the address, the president highlights achievements, flags challenges, and outlines interventions for the coming financial year. This address marks the official start of the parliamentary programme and sets out the government’s key policy objectives and deliverables for the year ahead.