ATTENTION: News editors
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
The 2026 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) will be delivered on Thursday 12 February 2026. The SoNA will be delivered by His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa and will outline progress made in the past year, and what still needs to be done and the priorities of the 2025/2026 financial year.
UJ has experts available to comment on 2026 SoNA. The following analysts/experts can be contacted directly:
Energy/ESKOM
Prof Hartmut Winkler
Solar Energy and Energy supply/ Astrophysics
083 273 9785
The SA economy
Prof Daniel Meyer
Economic Policy; Public Management, Governance and Public Policy
082 850 5656
Prof Lungile Ntsalaze
The Economy
073 174 2258
State Owned Entities and Municipalities
Busani Ngcaweni
State Owned Entities and Municipalities
079 495 4838
Labour/Social Change
Dr Trevor Ngwane
Labour, Labour and 4IR, Protests
079 030 7657
Small Business and Unemployment
Noluthando Mbangeleli
SMMEs, Entrepreneurship and Unemployment
073 174 2258
Politics and Elections
Prof Siphamandla Zondi
Politics
083 628 1000
Dr Oscar van Heerden
Politics, Elections
079 536 6770
Foreign Policy/ International Relations
Prof Isaac Khambule
Economic Development, Political Economy, Infrastructure Investment
083 868 3803
Prof Hennie Strydom
082 832 5061
NOTE: STRICTLY INTERNATIONAL LAW QUERIES
Social Development
Dr Anthony Kaziboni
Water insecurity
072 955 2394
Education
Prof Mlamuli Hlatshwayo
Higher Education
071 309 8593
Prof Mary Metcalfe
Public Policy and Governance, Education
082 377 8787
Professor Kathija Yassim
Education Leadership and Management
061 843 6439
Professor Elizabeth Henning
Basic Education
072 405 7281
Gender Based Violence
Prof Corne Davis
Senior Lecturer and Gender-Based Violence activist
082 411 3339
Note:
If there is a UJ expert/analyst that you would like to speak to that is not on this list, please do not hesitate to contact me on 084 067 7528 or my colleague Mpiletso Motumi on 082 052 7800.
ENDS.
Issued by:
Masego Panyane
Media Liaison
masegop@uj.ac.za
011 559 1571
084 067 7528
