The Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Narendra Modi, on Wednesday addressed the Parliament of Namibia, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to do so in 27 years.

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, Hon. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, welcomed Modi and described the moment as one “of historical significance and a powerful reaffirmation of the enduring friendship between Namibia and India.”

She paid tribute to India’s early support for Namibia’s independence struggle.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Researchers serving on the Sweden-funded SRHR, HIV and AIDS Governance Project of the SADC Parliamentary Forum have called for urgent, integrated, and child-responsive climate action across Southern Africa.

The researchers spoke at the end of a SADC Regional Seminar on Children’s Rights and Climate Change which took place at the School of Public Health of the University of the Western Cape last week under the auspices of the African Children’s Charter Project. The seminar ran under the theme, ‘Championing Collective Child-Responsive Climate Action.’

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

A SADC regional seminar on the impacts of climate change on children began on 2 July 2025 in Cape Town, with Professor Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Head of the Children’s Rights Project at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), urging participants to confront the deep inequities and blind spots in climate action — and to imagine a continent “fit for children.”

A high-level regional seminar to address the impact of climate change on children is underway in Cape Town, South Africa, under the theme “Championing Collective Child-Responsive Climate Action.”

The seminar is taking place from 2 to 4 July 2025 at the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (UWC).

A SADC regional seminar on children’s rights and climate change got underway in Cape Town on 2 July 2025, with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Botswana, Hon. Helen Manyeneng, challenging SADC parliamentarians to reimagine climate governance through the eyes of the region’s most vulnerable, its children.

Speaking at the opening of the seminar, Hon. Manyeneng, a member of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, made a call to action, warning that “the storm is already upon us” and that children are bearing the brunt.

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - A three-day regional workshop got underway in Cape Town on Tuesday to finalise a pioneering Digital Dashboard to track implementation of the SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage.

The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and other partners convened the meeting that brings together delegates including Monitoring and Evaluation specialists, data scientists, SRHR researchers, youth activists and civil-society partners from SADC Member States, with several participating online.

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has joined the National Assembly of Angola in mourning the passing of Honourable Diamantino Domingos Mussokola, an Angolan legislator and active member of the Forum, who died on Friday, 13 June 2025, in Luanda at the age of 54.

In a statement issued in Luanda, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola, Hon. Carolina Cerqueira, paid tribute to the late parliamentarian, hailing his legacy of humility, camaraderie, and wisdom.

The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has urged its partners to focus on implementation following the successful signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) last week.

The SADC PF formalised MoUs with Oxfam, Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF), Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC countries (ECF-SADC) and the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD)  on the margins its 57th Plenary Assembly Session hosted by the Parliament of Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls City.