Ramaphosa to announce election date in next 15 days: Magwenya
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, says there was no expectation to make the announcement during Sona.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce this year’s election date within 15 days from Thursday.
This is according to presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, who told journalists a proclamation will follow soon after according to Timeslive.
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WITHIN 15 DAYS AS FROM TOMORROW
“That should put everyone’s mind at ease that the election date will be announced within 15 days as of tomorrow,” said Magwenya on Wednesday.
“The president will proclaim soon after announcing, so there shouldn’t be a lag between the time he announces and the time he proclaims, all depending on his schedule on that particular day on which he will announce.”
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RAMAPHOSA NOT DELAYING ELECTION DATE ANNOUNCEMENT
There were expectations that Ramaphosa would make the announcement during his state of the nation address (Sona) on Thursday evening as he had used the event to announce the 2019 general elections five years ago.
Magwenya dismissed suggestions that Ramaphosa was delaying the announcement of the election date.
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NO EXPECTATION FOR RAMAPHOSA TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT DURING SONA
“There is no delay because there was never an expectation of a particular time [when] that he will make the announcement. There is no crisis insofar as the election date; there is anticipation, there is excitement — rightly so, we are a democracy.”
Meanwhile, Magwenya has hinted that this year’s Sona address will be different.
“This State of the Nation address is different and unique in so many ways and I think it’s important that it is allowed its own expression, and that South Africans can take out of it the celebratory element and remember we are marking 30 years of our democratic dispensation,” he said.