Press Release
Seychelles thanks SIDA for successful SRHR, HIV and AIDS Project
31 Mai 2023 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumBy Moses Magadza
MAHE, SEYCHELLES - The National Assembly of Seychelles has expressed gratitude to the SADC Parliamentary Forum for supporting a four-year Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, HIV and AIDS Governance Project with funding from the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (SIDA).
The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Highlights Positive Outcomes of SADC Parliamentary Forum Meeting in Seychelles
31 Mai 2023 Written by SADC Parliamentary Forum
Assembly of South Africa,
Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Monday, 29 May 2023 – The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula who led the South African delegation to the Executive Committee meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum that took place in Mahe, Seychelles from 27 to 28 May, has described the outcomes of the meeting as a positive step towards the establishment of a SADC Parliamentary Forum that would champion accelerated integration and development of the region and its people.
Mwila Criseddy Bwanga
Misheck Gondo is a published Author, Researcher, and digital technology enthusiast. He is an alumni with Digital Security Africa. A Trainer of Trainer (Digital Defenders Partnership). Misheck Sits in the Dengue International Advisory Board to fight Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), sits in the Global Coalition 4 Youth, Peace, and Security Steering Committee- a UN-CSOs initiative to advance peace and security. Misheck sits in United Nations (UN) Country Humanitarian Committee for Zimbabwe (CEA). Misheck sits in the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (Special Interest Groups), the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Sub-Committee for Political Inclusion and he is the Regional Coordinator of SADC Youth Forum (SAYoF). He has won several awards which include Communicator of the Year (NANGO:2022), Global Speak Champion (CIVICUS: 2018), Man as Role Model Award (Advocate for Girls Rights) Shamwari Yemwanasikana and Australia Embassy in Zimbabwe (2021), Youth Mentor Award (Think Bid Experts-Zambia (2022) and part of 100 Most Influential Zimbabweans under the age of 40 list (2018-2022.) Misheck is a holder of several qualifications including: Master’s Degree in International Relations, Master’s Degree in International Law, Master Class in Finance among other.
Staff Writer
A meeting of the Model Laws Oversight Committee (RPMLOC) of the SADC Parliamentary Forum that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 8th of May 2023 called on SADC Member States to strengthen their electoral legal frameworks.
The meeting was held under the theme: Progress on the Domestication of the SADC Model Law on Elections: Using Electoral System Designing to Achieve Inclusive Governance, Specifically Women, Youth and Minority Groups Participation and Representation as well as Political Financing Regulation.
Eva Jhala was admitted to the Zambia Bar in 1979 and thereafter commenced her Public Service Career. In 1987 she obtained her Master of Laws degree with Legislative Drafting from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland after having previously obtained a Senior Fellow Certificate in Legislative Drafting from the Legislative Drafting Institute of Canberra, Australia in 1981. Between 1981 and 2012, she attended various specialist training Institutions that have enhanced her knowledge in governance matters (corporate and public governance, public administration and policy) and equipped her with problem solving and advisory capabilities covering a wide variety of subject areas, in the realm of public and private law.
Dr. Khabele Matlosa is a visiting Professor at the Centre for African Diplomacy and Leadership at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a Ph.D in Political Studies from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; a Post-Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution from Uppsala University, Sweden; a Master’s degree in Development Studies from Leeds University, UK; a BA in Political Science and Public Administration from the National University of Lesotho (NUL).
He is the former Senior Governance Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is the former Director, Department of Political Affairs, African Union Commission (AUC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) based in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa.
He is the author of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance which evolved between 2004 and 2006. This Charter was ultimately adopted by the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 30 January 2007. It came into force in 2012 following its ratification by 15 Member States of the AU. Working with two other African experts, he researched and co-authored the AU Panel of the Wise Report on “Election-Related Disputes and Political Violence: Strengthening the Role of the African Union in Preventing, Managing and Resolving Conflict”. This report was adopted by the AU in 2009. The report has informed and guided the AU Panel of the Wise in its preventive diplomacy interventions in crises situations in Africa, particularly those related to election-related conflicts. In 2021, he was commissioned as one of the 10 African experts to prepare a strategic reflection report for UNDP entitled “Re-Imagining Governance and Peacebuilding in Africa” meant to re-orient UNDP’s next strategic plan, 2023-2025.
He has researched and written widely on various governance, democracy, elections peace and development issues in Africa. His latest publications include “Electoral systems, party systems and coalitions: Lessons from Southern Africa”, in Booysen, S. ed. 2021. Marriages of Convenience: The Politics of coalitions in South Africa, Johannesburg: Mupungubwe Institutute for Strategic Reflection: Johannesburg, pp97-126 and “Governance in Africa: AU achievements, challenges and prospects’ in Okumu, W. and Atta-Asamoah, A. (ed). 2023. The Africa Union at 20: African perspectives on progress, challenges and prospects, Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (ISS), pp158-186.
Presentations
Electoral System Design in the SADC Region with Special Focus on Inclusiveness By Khabele Matlosa
Political Party Financing in the SADC Region By Khabele Matlosa
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF SADC-PF END OF PROJECT MEETING – PARLIAMENT OF NAMIBIA 1ST APRIL 2023 AT 9:30 HRS “SETTING THE END OF PROJECT REVIEW AND DOCUMENTATION TONE”
01 Avr 2023 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumSTATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF SADC-PF
END OF PROJECT MEETING – PARLIAMENT OF NAMIBIA
1ST APRIL 2023 AT 9:30 HRS
“SETTING THE END OF PROJECT REVIEW AND DOCUMENTATION TONE”
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF SADC-PF END OF PROJECT MEETING – PARLIAMENT OF NAMIBIA
Concept Note : Multi-stakeholder consultative workshop on the end of SRHR Project Performance Review, 2019-2023
01 Avr 2023 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumCONCEPT NOTE : SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS (SRHR), HIV AND AIDS GOVERNANCE PROJECT - PHASE 2
Multi-stakeholder consultative workshop on the end of SRHR Project Performance Review, 2019-2023
DATES: 31 March-02 April 2023
VENUE: Swakopmund Plaza Hotel
Multi-stakeholder consultative workshop on the end of SRHR Project Performance Review, 2019-2023
Message of Sympathy and Solidarity-by Hon President of SADC PF 15 March 23
17 Mar 2023 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumHonourable Members and Colleagues
Please join me in expressing our heartfelt sympathies and solidarity to our brothers and sisters in Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and previously Mauritius for the extensive damage caused by cyclone Freddy which is now one of the longest living cyclones in the history of the planet. Rarely has it happened in environmental history that cyclones have returned after battering through a country, and yet we have seen it with Freddy.
This enjoins us to continue reflecting on climate change disasters across SADC and on the role of Parliaments to mitigate same through legal initiatives and policy oversight.
We further express our profound commiserations for those who apart from material damage, have experienced loss of life or injuries due to the cyclone's wrath. We continue to hold you in our prayers throughout this tragic experience.
Please continue to believe in the assurances of our highest consideration.
Hon. Roger Mancienne,
SADC-PF President
15th March 2023
Message of Sympathy and Solidarity by Hon President of SADC PF 15 March 23