Home Affairs Standing Committee Engages Justice, Constitutional and Legal Affairs Fraternity
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Security, Constitutional and Legal Affairs (HASCLA) is conducting oversight engagements with selected Organizations, Ministries and Agencies (OMAs) under their ambit in Swakopmund, Erongo Region. So far, the Committee met the Magistrates Commission to discuss staffing issues, backlog of cases and delays experienced in the conclusion of cases, particularly petty…
Call for African leaders to prioritise fight against hunger, poverty
Sakeus Iikela Chairperson of the National Council Hon. Lukas Sinimbo Muha, has called on African leaders to revisit their socio-economic developmental agendas and prioritise eradicating hunger and poverty on the continent. He made these remarks during a discussion on food security at the 18th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers in Yaoundé, Cameroon. According to…
National Council Swear-in New Members
Windhoek – Landless People’s Movement Constituency Councillors from the //Kharas region were sworn-in as Members of Parliament in the National Council this morning, 11 July 2023. The MPs are returning Karasburg East Councillor, Hon. Anseline Vincentina Beukes and newly-elected Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Councillor, Hon. Willem Labuschagne. The LPM seats in the National Council became vacant…
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Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament Face Budget Constraints
The final week of the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament commenced with Committee Meetings. Today, 30 May 2023, the Committee on Education, Culture, Tourism and Human Resources; Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline; Committee on Audit and Public Accounts as well as the Committee on Transport, Communication, Energy, Science, and Technology were the…
Maximising the potential on mines and energy sectors in Namibia
Story by Sakeus Kadhikwa The two Parliamentary Standing Committees of the National Assembly (Economics and Public Administration and that of Natural Resources) jointly organised a six-day oversight workshop in Swakopmund from the 29th May – 03 June 2023. Which brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including members of the Parliamentary Standing Committees on Economics…
Pan-African Parliament Commemorates Africa Day, Calling for Unity and Solidarity.
Clad in beautiful and colourful traditional attire from across the continent, Members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) commemorated a vibrant Africa Day and 60th Anniversary of the African Union yesterday, 25 May 2023 during the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament at its headquarters in Midrand, South Africa. The call was for a re-ignited…
Hon. Venaani Calls for Infrastructure Development to Promote Trade Across Africa
Midrand, South Africa: The Pan-African Parliament concluded its two-day workshop on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) yesterday, 23 May 2023. The workshop which took place on the sidelines of the ongoing Second Session of the Sixth Parliament was aimed at devising strategies to accelerate continental free trade on the continent. Hon. McHenry Venaani,…