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
Russia's President Vladimir Putin congratulates Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as South Africa's President
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates Cyril Ramaphosa on re-election as South African President
TPA reporter Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Cyril Ramaphosa who was reelected as President of South Africa on June 14. In his message, Xi Jinping noted that China and South Africa…
17 June 2024
Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Her Excellency Boemo Sekgoma. Photo: Parliament of Malawi.
SADC PF SG calls for child-friendly policies to keep children in school
By Moses Magadza Ahead of the Day of the African Child to be commemorated on 16 June 2024 – the Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Her Excellency Boemo Sekgoma, urged different stakeholders to…
13 June 2024
The late Dr Esau Chiviya. File photo: Moses Magadza
Former SADC PF Secretary General Chiviya dies
By Moses Magadza The Former Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), Dr Esau Chiviya, has died. Dr Chiviya, a Zimbabwean who served at the helm of the regional inter-parliamentary body, died on…
12 June 2024
iNkosi Zwelivelile Mandela (TPA File Picture)
Venezuelan Electoral Process: United in Solidarity, we strengthen the Bolivian Revolution
by Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela Campaign Command Chief, Dr Jorge Rodriguez Gómez, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends, Allow me to start with warm greetings and best wishes to the Bolivarian people of Venezuela.…
5 June 2024
The ANC’s Performance in the 2024 Elections: A Call to Action
By Penuel Maduna, ANC Branch Deputy Chairperson* June 1, 2024 As the votes are being counted, it is clear that the African National Congress (ANC) has received a significant blow, securing only 40.25% of the…
3 June 2024
A special ceremony for the https://www.who.int/news/item/31-05-2024-awards-for-outstanding-contributions-to-public-health-presented-during-the-seventy-seventh-world-health-assembly during the 77th World Health Assembly at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 31 May 2024. Professor Bontle Mbongwe from Botswana, winner of the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion (second from left). Also pictured: WHA77 President Botswana Minister of Health and Wellness Hon Dr Edwin Dikoloti (left); WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (second from right); Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, South African Representative to the United Nations and other organizations in Geneva, Switzerland.
University of Botswana’s Professor Bontle Mbongwe awarded the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Associate Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Botswana, Professor Bontle Mbongwe, has been awarded the World Health Organisation (WHO) Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion. Professor Mbongwe who is Head of the School…
3 June 2024
