The Quest for a Transformative People’s Constitution of Botswana
by Hon Justice Professor Dingake* I have been asked to speak on Botswana’s quest for a transformative constitution in the backdrop of a presidency-driven constitutional reform process that has now yielded the Constitutional Amendment Bill…
17 July 2024
His Excellency Kalala Mayiba Constantin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the DRC to Angola, signs the Agreement to Amend the SADC Treaty establishing the SADC Parliamentary Forum towards setting up a SADC Parliament. Photo: Contributed.
Breakthrough as DRC signs Agreement to amend Treaty towards SADC Parliament
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 11th July 2024 signed the Agreement to Amend the SADC Treaty establishing the SADC Parliamentary Forum towards setting up a SADC Parliament.…
12 July 2024
17th Chinese Medical Team starts work at Marina and Nyangabgwe Referral Hospitals
TPA Watchman Over the past 60 years, China has sent more than 23 000 doctors to Africa, which have treated and cured more than 230 million African patients and trained a great number of African…
10 July 2024
The Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Ms Boemo Sekgoma; Photo: National Assembly of Angola
SADC SG thanks Angola for commitment
By Moses Magadza LUANDA, ANGOLA – The Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Ms Boemo Sekgoma, has expressed gratitude to the Republic of Angola through its National Assembly, for supporting the work of the…
8 July 2024
SADC PF President Honourable Roger Mancienne. Photo: National Assembly of Angola
SADC Parliament: 12th signature in sight
By Moses Magadza in Luanda, Angola The 55th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ended in the Angolan capital Luanda on Friday, with indications that the 12th and final signature to amend the…
8 July 2024
Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzya,
Russia Calls for Better Representation of Africa in UN Security Council
Various countries, including Russia and the United States, have repeatedly called for reform of the UN Security Council, although they disagree on the exact form that reform should take. Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN,…
3 July 2024
The MoU was signed by SADC Executive Secretary, Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi and H.E. Mr. Bharath Kumar Kuthati, High Commissioner of India to Botswana and Special Representative of India to the SADC
India and SADC seal deal on economic cooperation
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman 2 July 2024 The Gaborone-based Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat and the Republic of India on Tuesday 2 July 2024 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Economic Cooperation. The…
3 July 2024
President Cyril Ramaphosa (Pic. Credit Sowetan)
South Africa’s President appoints members of the National Executive, calls for National Dialogue
30 June 2024 by Cyril Ramaphosa Fellow South Africans, Just over a month ago, on the 29th of May, the people of South Africa voted in a watershed election. In casting their votes, the people…
30 June 2024
SADC PF and International IDEA sign MoU to reinforce democracy
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The SADC Parliamentary Forum and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to consolidate and strengthen democracy in Southern…
30 June 2024
CPAC Comes Calling in HungaryBackgroundThe Rise of FideszHow Orbán Changed HungaryA New BoogeymanNetworking with the RightPushbackBuilding the Ideal SocietyPegasusExporting the Hungarian ModelCourting the American right
“The Globalists Can All Go to Hell”
The study shows how Viktor Orbán converted Budapest into a central node of the Reactionary International: importing US American consultants such as Ronald Reagan’s advisor Arthur Finklestein to design party strategy, while exporting lobbyists such…
23 June 2024
