His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the SoNA to a Joint Sitting of the two houses of Parliament – the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces – at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday, 6 February 2025. The 2025 SoNA was the first of the Seventh Administration under the multiparty Government of National Unity (GNU) and was held under the theme: “A nation that works for all.”
It occured during the commemoration of 30 Years of Freedom and Democracy, and coincided with South Africa’s Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025.
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