SADC Region

Optimism about Model Law on PFM….Deputy Minister says it will bolster existing checks and balances

Optimism about Model Law on PFM….Deputy Minister says it will bolster existing checks and balances

Moses Magadza and Clare Musonda Many countries, including those in the SADC Region, have signed up to a plethora of regional and international instruments that seek to improve the living standards of their citizens. The instruments include the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; the African Youth Charter; the UN Declaration of Human Rights; the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or…
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MPs want coordinated action  … as African Migratory Locusts threaten food security

MPs want coordinated action … as African Migratory Locusts threaten food security

Moses Magadza WINDHOEK- Members of Parliament from the SADC Region are calling for a concerted regional effort to prevent African Migratory Locusts (AML) exacerbating an already dire food security situation, amid reports that the destructive pests have become “smarter”. The locusts are already wreaking havoc in several SADC countries that include Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Angola, stoking fears of famine in a region in which nearly 44.5 million people are already food insecure. Dr Lewis Hove, the Resilience Team Leader at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa last week told the lawmakers that…
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