President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation from the Cape Town City Hall, 32 years since Nelson Mandela's first speech at the same venue on his release from prison in 1990.
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo pledged:
They said the City Hall was considered a suitable venue technically in terms of infrastructure and its capacity — as well as its historical significance. in his capacity as the chair of the national reception committee, a body set up to co-ordinate the activities that followed Mandela's release.introduced Mandela to thousands of jubilant South Africans on the same balcony after his election in the NA as the first democratic president.n exhibition inside the City Hall is dedicated to Madiba as a permanent feature.
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