Soes To The Sabc: Key Bills On Parliament's Agenda In 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa will outline his 10-party coalition government's policy agenda and priorities when he gives his annual state-of-the nation address in the legislature in Cape Town on 6 February. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver the budget 13 days later, with allocations to be approved by MPs in May.

Parliament is also due to consider legislation regulating the SABC, South African Airways and Electoral Commission, as well as two proposed amendments to the constitution. The government meanwhile plans to introduce a new policy early this year that aims at encouraging greater competition in the telecommunications industry and reducing data prices, Johannesburg-based Business Day newspaper reported on 13 January. c 2025 Bloomberg LP