Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 01 April 2025

By Moses Magadza

Gaborone, Botswana – In Luke 2:25-32, Simeon, a devout man who had been promised by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen Christ, said - upon holding the infant Jesus in his hands -  “Sovereign Lord, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen salvation.”

Last week, in a similar moment thick with emotion and decades of anticipation, Prof. Peter Katjavivi, the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia and a member of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Transformation Lobby Team, delivered a stirring address at the signing of the Agreement to Amend the SADC Treaty to establish the SADC PF as an official institution of the regional bloc.

By Moses Magadza

Gaborone, Botswana - The Executive Secretary of SADC, Mr. Elias Magosi, has hailed the recent signing of the Agreement to amend the SADC Treaty to transform the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) into a regional parliament by Botswana’s President Advocate Duma Boko.

He, however, called for the active involvement of the region’s parliaments to ensure swift ratification of regional instruments.

By Moses Magadza

Gaborone, Botswana - The Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, Honourable Dithapelo Lefoko Keorapetse has said that the transformation of the SADC Parliamentary Forum into a regional parliament will improve SADC citizens’ participation in regional affairs.

The Speaker made the remarks on Wednesday last week when the President of Botswana, Advocate Duma Boko signed the Agreement amending the SADC Treaty to recognize the SADC Parliament as an official institution of the regional bloc.