The Speakers’ Forum of South Africa (SFSA), has expressed distress at the disaster caused by floods, which has reportedly claimed over 253 lives in Kwa-Zulu-Natal over the last few days. The first Speakers’ Forum meeting of 2022 was briefed of the ravaging floods in KwaZulu-Natal, which also resulted in the Speaker of the KZN Legislature being unable to attend the meeting. They expressed collective condolences to families that lost loved ones and wished the injured a speedy recovery. The .
Makhanda learners need heightened support to overcome many societal challenges and achieve better educational outcomes than last year’s improvements in matric results. These were views and aspirations expressed by over 180 learners during National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s outreach programme held at the Settlers’ Monument in Makhanda on Monday 11 April 2022. Learners took turns to articulate challenges of high poverty levels, mental illnesses, unemployment, drug .
The South African parliamentary delegation to the 144th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has expressed reservations about the resolution adopted by the IPU General Assembly on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is leading a seven-member delegation of senior parliamentarians to the IPU Assembly, which is currently underway in Bali, Indonesia. Reacting to the resolution following its adoption by the .