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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Parliament

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South Africa

Parliament’s Scopa to Call Defence Minister Over Audit Concerns

Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts has resolved to call minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, to respond to issues emanating from the department’s 2023/2024 financial year audit outcomes. The Auditor-General briefed Scopa on the department's audit outcomes and Denel's. Scopa chairperson, Songezo Zibi, says of concern is a string of material irregularities in which senior officials failed to hold those responsible accountable either for maladministration, misconduct, or […]

todayNovember 20, 2024 2

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National Assembly speaker visits Cuba to cement ties

Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi is on a week-long official visit to Cuba with the Cuba-Namibia Parliamentary Friendship Group. The visit intends to strengthen legislative cooperation and includes meetings with President Lazo Hernández and other key Cuban parliamentary leaders. Here is the Senior Public Relations Officer of the National Assembly, Sacky Kadhikwa.  

todayOctober 21, 2024 12

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Health / Medical

New law to reform health sector

The government is establishing a unified Health Professions Council to replace the existing five councils. The Namibia Press Agency reports that Health Minister Dr. Kalumbi Shangula introduced in parliament, saying that the Health Professions Council of Namibia Bill, will merge the Social Work and Psychology Council, Allied Health Professions Council, Nursing Council, Pharmacy Council, and Medical and Dental Council into one entity. The new law will also mandate health professionals […]

todayAugust 8, 2024 21

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Local

MICT welcomes the endorsement of the Access to Information Regulations by Parliament

  The National Assembly has approved the Access to Information Act (ATI) No. 8 of 2022 Regulations, marking a significant development in Namibia’s commitment to transparency and accountability. The endorsement, finalized on Tuesday, 06 August 2024, is a key milestone in the implementation of the ATI legislation.Following the approval, Hon. Emma Theofelus, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, is expected to issue a notice in the Government Gazette to […]

todayAugust 6, 2024 57

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Namibia

Former LPM MP Henny Seibeb embraces Swapo, underline’s ruling party’s stability

Former deputy leader of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) and member of Parliament, Henny Seibeb, has officially rejoined the Swapo Party. Seibeb, who was introduced to party members in his hometown of Khorixas, had recently left the LPM after the party moved to expel him from parliament. Seibeb told Future Media news about his confidence in the Swapo Party, describing it as a stable and structured organisation. “It’s a stable […]

todayAugust 5, 2024 45

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Africa

Gambia MPs uphold ban on female genital mutilation

      Gambian lawmakers voted this afternoon to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure. Legislators killed the bill by voting against all the proposed amendments to the 2015 text that would have decriminalised the practice. Rights groups and the United Nations had urged MPs to reject the bill, saying it […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 12

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Africa

Kenya protesters shot as they near parliament

Anti-tax protesters in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have pushed their way into the complex where the parliament sits. Local TV has been showing images of a police truck on fire nearby. There have been reports of people being wounded as police fired rounds to disperse the crowds. A human rights organisation said it had witnessed four protesters being shot, and said that one person had been killed. This has not […]

todayJune 25, 2024 19

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South Africa

South Africa’s unity government: 4 crucial factors for it to work

    By Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State     Governments of national unity built on power-sharing arrangements are common in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Now South Africa also has a unity government, following the 2024 general election in which no party won a majority. These governments foster stability through collaboration in grand coalitions. The premise is that in divided societies, stability can be achieved […]

todayJune 19, 2024 16

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South Africa

Zuma’s Mkhonto weSizwe to join opposition alliance

South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has said his political party - uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) - will join the opposition alliance in parliament. BBC Africa quotes Zuma as saying, it would co-ordinate resistance to the governing coalition led by the African National Congress. Despite this, MK said it maintained that last month's elections were rigged and wanted the results annulled.

todayJune 17, 2024 67

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