STAFF REPORTER|
PARLIAMENT has finalised preparations for the much-awaited State of the Nation on Thursday.
This after presiding officers received a final briefing about Parliament’s preparations to host the 2021 SONA from the institution’s SONA Project Team.
“We are confident that all will proceed smoothly tomorrow for the hosting of the first ever Hybrid State of the Nation Address,” Parliament said in a statement.
Tomorrow’s address to the two houses of parliament by President Cyril Ramaphosa takes place on the 31st anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.
That Sunday in 1990 was a watershed in the country’s struggle for a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist South Africa, founded on supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law, Parliament said.
“The 2021 SONA, scheduled for 7pm, comes at time of great anxiety and hardship, as South Africa and the world fights the deadly COVID-19. The address is an opportunity
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