The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) that is currently sitting in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, for its 37th Plenary Session, will conclude its business tomorrow.
Today’s Plenary dealt with a number of Standing Committee Reports. Among the Reports were:
- Report of the Standing Committee on Human and Social Development and Special Programmes;
- Report of the Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Women Advancement and Youth Development; and
- Report of the Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Integration
Tomorrow the SADC PF Plenary Assembly is expected to debate and adopt five Notices of Motion as follows:
- Notice of Motion on the significance of the Revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (2015 – 2020) and the SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap as vehicles for regional integration, development and accelerated sustainable economic growth;
- Notice of Motion on the Importance of the Blue Economy to economic development of Island States and regional integration;
- Notice of Motion on SADC Member States’ readiness to deal with Food Security, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change challenges;
- Notice of Motion on the need for SADC Member States to prevent and eliminate Early and Forced Child Marriages; and
- Notice of Motion on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission, Exposure and Non-Disclosure in SADC Member States.
The Forum will end with a deferred Debate on the Executive Committee Report concerning the administrative and financial management of SADC PF.
Details of tomorrows plenary is as follows:
Date: 10 July 2015
Time: 9h00 – 13h00
Venue: Morula Conference Room, Fairmont Zimbali Hotel and Resort, Ballito
The 37th SADC-PF Plenary Assembly which started on 6 July 2015, is hosted by Parliament of RSA and attended by all 14 Member Parliaments of the Southern African Development Community member states.
Members of the media wishing to attend the Plenary, should forward their details to Mlindi Mpindi: mmpindi@parliament.gov.za 073 197 1315 or Nolizwi Magwagwa: nmagwagwa@parliament.gov.za 083 313 1323.
Details required are:
- Full name
- ID or passport number
- Name of media house,
- Designation (journalist, photographer)
