Preparations for a State of the Nation Address (SONA), to be given by incoming president Cyril Ramaphosa in the afternoon today are on track.

Ramaphosa was elected President at a sitting in the National Assembly on yesterday.

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete and National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise, chaired a joint programming committee meeting on yesterday to discuss logistics around today's planned SONA.

Parliament's acting secretary Penelope Tyawa gave a breakdown of plans, for the SONA after Jacob Zuma officially resigned as president and Parliament has received the letter.

Tyawa said SMSes have been sent to all invited guests, and the guest list was reconciled at 11:00pm yesterday and the accreditation process was kept the same as it was originally.

He futher said plans are in place to accommodate all the outside broadcasting vans on the precinct, which is being administered by the Department of Public Works.