State of the Nation address to be held in historical Cape Town City Hall

State of the Nation address to be held in historical Cape Town City Hall - The City Hall was chosen for its technical infrastructure and for being the building from which Nelson Mandela gave his address when he was freed and when he was elected president

means President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be able to deliver the annual Sona at its usual venue, but parliament’s presiding officers are determined to stick to the 10 February date set for the event.

The Western Cape provincial government and the City of Cape Town had offered the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the City Council Chambers and City Hall for parliament to continue its work after the fire. Presiding officers decided on City Hall for its technical and historical significance.

Aside from his freedom speech in 1990, Mandela also appeared on the City Hall balcony after his election in the national assembly as South Africa’s first democratically-elected president in 1994.

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