PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his eighth State of the Nation Address on Thursday, 8 February at 7pm at City Hall.
The theme of his address is: Leave no one behind.
It will be a pivotal moment for the Ramaphosa as the elections approach. The president will announce the election date during this session.
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South Africans are watching this address as they battle load shedding and water shortages at a time when the country's unemployment rate is at its lowest in three years.
The unemployment rate dropped to 31.9% in the third quarter of 2023.
Young people are among the most vulnerable in the country's labour market. The third quarter of 2023 results show that the total number of unemployed youth aged 15 to 34 years old, with 4.6 million jobless.
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