insert_link Namibia National Council Adjourns After Passing Key Bills The National Council officially entered recess on 14 November 2024, following the conclusion of its Fifteenth Session. Held from 28 October to 14 November, the session saw the passage of important legislation, including the Regularisation of Status of Certain Residents of Namibia Bill, Civil Registration and Identification Bill, Health Professions Bill, and Appropriation Amendment Bill, all of which address critical issues in residency, healthcare, and national finances. Additionally, the […] today19 November, 2024
insert_link Namibia Absence Of Lawmakers Criticized as Midterm Budget Review Postponed Again Disappointment was expressed by Parliamentarians over lawmakers' repeated failure to attend the midterm budget review, which has now been postponed for the second time. Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi stated that while budget allocations will remain the same, resources will be redirected to ministries facing urgent needs. Manuel Ngaringombe from the Popular Democratic Movement: From the Landless People's Movement, Lifalaza Robert-Prince Simataa: today30 October, 2024
insert_link South Africa Freedom Front Plus Criticizes Tobacco Bill Consultations as Inadequate Freedom Front Plus says it firmly maintains its stance that the consultation processes followed with the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill of 2022 were inadequate, and that the law’s processing should not continue. The party's Philip van Staden says the Department of Health was dishonest about the prescribed processes: today29 October, 2024
insert_link World France moves to enshrine abortion rights France is on the verge of enshrining abortion rights into the country's constitution. Lawmakers in the lower house passed the historic bill last month, which now heads to the French senate for its final legislative hurdle. The AFP news agency reports that President Emmanuel Macron’s government wants Article 34 of the constitution amended to specify that “the law determines the conditions by which is exercised the freedom of women to […] today28 February, 2024
insert_link World French government targets March adoption for abortion rights A bill to enshrine abortion rights into the French Constitution is advancing, with a debate in the National Assembly's Law Committee on Tuesday. The government is hoping to have the text adopted by early March. Toni Waterman has more. today16 January, 2024
