State of the Nation Address 2012

President Jacob Zuma presented the State of the Nation Address (SoNA) to a joint sitting of Parliament at 19:00 on Thursday, 9 February 2012. Read the speech.

In the State of the Nation Address President Zuma looks back at achievements of the past year. Read more about South Africa's year of delivery 2011/12.

State of the Nation events

• President’s State of the Nation Address: 9 February 2012
• President Jacob Zuma: Transcript of post State of the Nation Address on SABC1,12 Feb 2012
• Debate on President’s State of the Nation Address, 14 to 15 February 2012
• Reply by President to the debate on State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2012
• Ministerial cluster briefings: 14 February – 1 March 2012
• GCIS seminars following the State of the Nation Address (SoNA) 2012 [PDF]
• National Budget speech, 22 February 2012

Multimedia

Booklets and supplements

• South Africa's year of delivery 2011/12 [HTML]
• South Africa's year of delivery 2011/12 [PDF] (704 kB)
• Supplement to The New Age, 10 February 2012 [PDF] (3.3 MB)
• Supplement to The New Age, 13 February 2012 [PDF] (3.3 MB)
• Supplement to Vuk'uzenzele, February 2012
• Government on the State of the Nation Address, 23 February 2012

Photos

• President Zuma taking part in the Presidential Address Golf Challenge, 10 February
• President Zuma attends The New Age SABC business breakfast, 10 February
• State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2012
• President Zuma prepares for the State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2012
• Preparations at Parliament for the State of the Nation Address - 7 & 8 February

Videos

• President Zuma delivers the State of the Nation Address
• President Jacob Zuma on the State of the Nation Address 2012
• President Jacob Zuma on the State of the Nation Address 2012 (Zulu)
• Advertisement for State of the Nation Address

Background information on State of the Nation Address

The President addresses the nation in his capacity as Head of State, not only as Head of Government.

SoNA is an opportunity for the President to take stock of the country’s domestic and foreign situation and to chart a common direction that we should take to enhance our efforts to achieve a better life for all.

During his speech, the President talks about government’s achievements of the past year and looks to the future by presenting a programme for the coming year, called the Programme of Action (PoA). The PoA sets out government’s plans to address various key government programmes.

• Towards the 2012 State of the Nation (SoNA) Address - what has Government achieved in 2011/12
• What is the State of the Nation Address?
• More on the State of the Nation Address
• Did you know? - facts on the State of the Nation Address for learners [PDF]
• The State of the Nation Address and Parliament

Media arrangements

Accreditation for the State of the Nation Address closed on Monday, 16 January 2012.

For enquiries on the media programme (10 and 11 February) contact:
Nomfundo  Mcetywa
Cell: 072 588 4548

Zanele Mngadi
Cell: 082 330 1148

Contacts