SADC Parliamentary Forum
By Moses Magadza
A child that never leaves its mother’s kitchen is in grave danger of growing up thinking that its mother is the best cook in the world, so goes an African saying.
SADC Parliamentary Forum Members of Parliament were in Germany this week to participate in a fact-finding tour on parliamentary democracy as part of the Guest Programme of the Federal Republic of Germany.
By Moses Magadza
The Parliament of Malawi has signed up to the third phase of a SIDA-funded Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, HIV and AIDS Governance Project.
Malawi becomes the sixth national parliament – after the Parliaments of Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and Lesotho – to implement the project that was initiated by the SADC Parliamentary Forum and is open to 15 SADC Member States.
The First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Malawi, Honourable Madalitso Kazombo, welcomed the Project when he and SADC PF Secretary General Ms Boemo Sekgoma signed an Implementation Agreement in Lilongwe on 6 March, 2024.
Dear Colleagues/partners,
It is with immense pleasure that I release this statement to the Forum’s august Member Parliaments and partners in view of celebrating the International Women’s Day on this 8th March 2024.
Staff Writer
MAPUTO – Combating corruption and fraud became the centerpiece of an agreement between the SADC Parliamentary Forum and the National Assembly of Mozambique on Wednesday.
SADC PF Secretary General Ms. Boemo Sekgoma and the Secretary General/Clerk of the National Assembly of Mozambique, Mr. Alfredo Vasco Noguiera Nampete, signed an Implementation Agreement on the third phase of a Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, HIV and AIDS Governance Project.
By Moses Magadza in Mozambique
MAPUTO – The Secretary General/ Clerk of the National Assembly of Mozambique, Mr. Alfredo Vasco Noguiera Nampete, has rallied staff of his parliament behind a renewed Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, HIV and AIDS Governance Project.
The SADC Parliamentary Forum is implementing the three-year Project that is open to 15 national parliaments in the SADC region. The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), which financially supported the first and second phases of the Project, is funding the third phase to the tune of USD 5 million.
It is with solemn dismay that we have taken cognizance of the passing on of His Excellency, Dr Hage G.Geingob, who assumed, until today, the functions of President of the Republic of Namibia.
COMMUNIQUE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF SADC-PF DEMISE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, DR HAGE GGEINGOB
INAUGURAL STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM TO KICKSTART THE YEAR 2024
Dear Colleagues and partners,
It is with great pleasure that I wish you a successful New Year 2024. I hope that this year brings renewed strength and purpose to your respective institutions and that we continue to closely collaborate in the rightful spirit of parliamentary democracy to promote the fundamental freedoms and rights of the people we represent.
SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM - Inaugural Statement and Roadmap for the year 2024
CLOSING REMARKS
MS BOEMO SEKGOMA
SADC PF SECRETARY GENERAL
AT THE INTER-RELIGIOUS CONVENTION
BIRCHWOOD HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA,
03 – 06 DECEMBER 2023
STATEMENT FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SADC-PF
ON WORLD AIDS DAY
1ST DECEMBER 2023