Context The [State of the Nation Address][1] of the President of South Africa (abbreviated SONA) is an annual event in the Republic of South Africa, in which the President of South Africa reports on the status of the nation, normally to the resumption of a joint sitting of Parliament (the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces). Content Full text of all the speeches, from 1990 through to 2018. In years that elections took place, a State of the Nation Address happens twice, once before and again after the election. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Nation_Address_(South_Africa)