Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Prof. Peter Katjavivi has urged parliaments across the world to continue to advance the values of democracy in order to improve the livelihood of people. Hon. Katjavivi mentioned this today, in an online conference on the International Day of democracy which is being…
Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – Members of Parliament from the Parliamentary Standing committee on Natural Resources and the committee on Economics and Public Administration undertook site visits to various renewable and eco-friendly initiatives within the vicinity of Windhoek yesterday (13/09/2021). The visits are part of a project aimed at raising awareness about the…
Media Release 13 September 2021 RESPONSE TO AN EDITORIAL OF THE NAMIBIAN NEWSPAPER: “A dangerous precedent” We respond to the editorial in the Friday 10 September 2021 edition of The Namibian with the heading “A Dangerous Precedent”. The National Assembly wants to put the record straight as follows. Read More
Story By Benisia Kwafeinge Nghiivali and David Nahogandja (Editor) The International University of Management (IUM) second-year Business Law students took a tour of the Parliament today, September 10th, 2021. Their lecturer, Dr. Wilfred Isak April, stated that this excursion will benefit students since they will be able to witness how the law is produced in…
Story by Rafael Hangula Midgard, Okahandja – On Monday (06 September 2021), the Secretariat from both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly and National Council, started a weeklong training on their role in making parliamentary oversight effective. Staff attending this workshop drawn from different directorates, are being acquainted on key issues related to parliamentary…
The 4th session of 7th Parliament resumes tomorrow Tuesday, 07 September, 2021 at 14h30. The House will be in session until Thursday 25th November 2021.
Hon. Dr. Rebecca Ndjoze –Ojo was sworn in today (17/08/21) as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly by Judge Elton Hoff. Her appointment follows the passing of the late Hon. Venomuinjo Kauaria.
By: Pamela Mate National Council (NC) staff, responsible for security and operations were awarded with certificates following a one-day training on security awareness in May this year. At the award ceremony, Secretary to the NC, Advocate Tousy Namiseb noted that he acknowledged the success of the staff and thus deemed it necessary to celebrate such…
Media Notice, Special session of the National Assembly
Story by Paulina Ndalikokule Windhoek – The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Prof. Peter Katjavivi launched the revamped Parliament website today. The revamping of the website was made possible through the assistance of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The renewed website that is now replete with many features including the livestream of parliament sessions…