It’s almost like an annual general meeting, or a review of the needs and priorities of the state being addressed; and although it is delivered to Parliament, it is generally intended for the President to let the people know how the country is performing on a global scale, but more significantly, how the country is doing internally in terms of development and the goals set by the state for herself, the draw backs and the intended fixes.
On November 5, 2018, the President of the Republic of Botswana delivered his maiden State of the Nation Address, as the fifth President of the country. It rained that afternoon.