Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, will officially hand over the Cape Town City Hall to Parliament’s Presiding Officers as an alternative venue for the State of the Nation Address.
The handover will be done next Monday with
Parliament’s Presiding Officers -- the Speaker of the National Assembly,
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and the Chairperson of the National Council of
Provinces, Amos Masondo.
“After the handover, the City Hall will be
declared the Parliament of South Africa precinct,” Parliament said on Friday.
This follows a decision by the Presiding
Officers to use the City Hall as an alternative off-site venue for hosting the
State of the Nation Address after a devastating fire that destroyed
Parliament’s buildings, including the National Assembly (NA) and sections of
the Old Assembly Chamber on 2 January 2022.
The State of the Nation Address is a joint
sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, and President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver
the address on 10 February 2022 at 7pm
Done By: Mitchum George
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