When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the evening of 12 February 2026, the setting will once again carry deep constitutional and historical symbolism.
Parliament is set to convene a joint sitting of the two Houses at the Cape Town City Hall – the same venue, where former President, Tata Nelson Mandela, first addressed South Africans on 11 February 1990, hours after his release from prison.
Scheduled for 19:00, the address is designed to reach millions of South Africans at home, underscoring its role as one of the most significant moments on the national political calendar.
More than ceremonial, SONA remains a constitutional event called in…
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