{"id":749872,"date":"2024-02-07T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T14:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=749872"},"modified":"2024-02-07T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T14:23:54","slug":"when-ramaphosa-is-expected-to-announce-the-date-for-the-2024-national-elections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/749872\/when-ramaphosa-is-expected-to-announce-the-date-for-the-2024-national-elections-2\/","title":{"rendered":"When Ramaphosa is expected to announce the date for the 2024 national elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce the date for the 2024 national elections within 15 days of the State of the Nation Address<\/strong>, which will be delivered on Thursday (8 February) evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe look forward to the President delivering the State of the Nation Address (Thursday) at 19h00. It will be the administration\u2019s seventh in a year which marks 30 years\u00a0since Parliament ushered in the democratic dispensation,\u201d Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the media at the Imbizo Media Centre in Cape Town earlier today, Magwenya urged all South Africans to follow tomorrow\u2019s address as it deals with the state of the nation, not only the state of one segment or some segments of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are united in the progress we have made and united in the work we need to do to address the challenges we face,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magwenya said the President was recovering well from the flu and would be up to the task of delivering his address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast night, we were with him going through the draft [speech] until very late. By then, he had improved significantly,\u201d Magwenya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, the President will be up at dawn to warm up for the annual Presidential Golf Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Presidential Golf Challenge is coordinated by the Minister of Public Service and Administration and will raise funds for the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Foundation\u2019s partner entity, the Adopt-A-School Foundation, will use the funds to construct ablution facilities at schools in support of the Department of Basic Education\u2019s SAFE Initiative, which stands for Sanitation Appropriate for Education,\u201d Magwenya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an important investment in the dignity of learners and staff at our schools and a contribution to social infrastructure in the country,\u201d Magwenya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President is honoured that his playing partner this year is 14-year-old Botshepehi Phakoe from Mangaung in the Free State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBotshepehi is one of the best young players in the Free State Junior Union, and we hope he doesn\u2019t put too much pressure on the President on the first tee,\u201d Magwenya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday evening, the President will express his appreciation to the event\u2019s sponsors and partners at a prizegiving dinner where players will be recognised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s SONA holds special significance as it is not only the end of term but also the address ahead of South Africa\u2019s celebration of 30 years of freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an opportunity to reflect on how far the nation has come and recommit to working together to build the country envisioned at the start of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State of the Nation Address sets out the government\u2019s key policy objectives and deliverables for the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the address, the President will highlight achievements, flag challenges, and outline interventions to unlock the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The address marks the official start of the Parliamentary programme. It will be followed by a debate in the National Assembly and the President\u2019s reply to the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read: Warning for municipalities over South Africa\u2019s new driving laws<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Presidential spokesperson has revealed when Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce the date for the 2024 national elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":680297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[19254,17438,853],"class_list":["post-749872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-2024-elections","tag-sa-news","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749888,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749872\/revisions\/749888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}