Press Release
Calls for Critical Reflection and Action as SADC Climate Change and Children Seminar Begins
03 Jul. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumCAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
A SADC regional seminar on the impacts of climate change on children began on 2 July 2025 in Cape Town, with Professor Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Head of the Children’s Rights Project at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), urging participants to confront the deep inequities and blind spots in climate action — and to imagine a continent “fit for children.”
SADC Regional seminar spotlights children’s rights in climate crisis
02 Jul. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumA high-level regional seminar to address the impact of climate change on children is underway in Cape Town, South Africa, under the theme “Championing Collective Child-Responsive Climate Action.”
The seminar is taking place from 2 to 4 July 2025 at the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (UWC).
Call for SADC Parliamentarians to Put Children at the Heart of Climate Action
02 Jul. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumA SADC regional seminar on children’s rights and climate change got underway in Cape Town on 2 July 2025, with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Botswana, Hon. Helen Manyeneng, challenging SADC parliamentarians to reimagine climate governance through the eyes of the region’s most vulnerable, its children.
Speaking at the opening of the seminar, Hon. Manyeneng, a member of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, made a call to action, warning that “the storm is already upon us” and that children are bearing the brunt.
STATEMENT FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SADC-PF ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PARLIAMENTARISM 30TH JUNE 2025
30 Jun. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumDear 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 Day of Parliamentarism on this 30th June 2025.
STATEMENT FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SADC-PF ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PARLIAMENTARISM 30TH JUNE 2025
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 57TH SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM PLENARY ASSEMBLY SESSION 31st MAY– 7TH JUNE 2025
25 Jun. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary Forum
Digital dashboard workshop begins as war against child marriage intensifies
18 Jun. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumWINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - A three-day regional workshop got underway in Cape Town on Tuesday to finalise a pioneering Digital Dashboard to track implementation of the SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage.
The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and other partners convened the meeting that brings together delegates including Monitoring and Evaluation specialists, data scientists, SRHR researchers, youth activists and civil-society partners from SADC Member States, with several participating online.
SADC PF and Angola’s National Assembly mourn passing of MP
17 Jun. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumWINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has joined the National Assembly of Angola in mourning the passing of Honourable Diamantino Domingos Mussokola, an Angolan legislator and active member of the Forum, who died on Friday, 13 June 2025, in Luanda at the age of 54.
In a statement issued in Luanda, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola, Hon. Carolina Cerqueira, paid tribute to the late parliamentarian, hailing his legacy of humility, camaraderie, and wisdom.
BUSINESS UNUSUAL AS SADC PF URGES IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWING MOU SIGNINGS WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERS
11 Jun. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumThe SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has urged its partners to focus on implementation following the successful signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) last week.
The SADC PF formalised MoUs with Oxfam, Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF), Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC countries (ECF-SADC) and the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) on the margins its 57th Plenary Assembly Session hosted by the Parliament of Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls City.
VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - The SADC Parliamentary Forum has signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with key regional and international organisations towards inclusive and strategic collaboration.
The MoUs with Oxfam, Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF), Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC countries (ECF-SADC) and the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) were signed on the margins the SADC PF’s 57th Plenary Assembly Session hosted by the Parliament of Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls City last week.
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 57TH SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM PLENARY ASSEMBLY SYMPOSIUM ON THE THEME: 03 JUNE 2025
06 Jun. 2025 Written by SADC Parliamentary ForumWHEREAS: Article 6 of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Constitution enjoins the SADC PF to strengthen the implementation capacity of SADC by involving Parliamentarians in the affairs of SADC as well as to provide a Forum for discussion on matters of common interest to SADC;
AWARE THAT: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), is truly and firmly underway; and,
