The ECOWAS Parliament will convene a joint committee meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 8 to 12 April, 2026, to advance the protection of children in the West African sub-region. The gathering will bring together the committees on Social Affairs, Gender, Women Empowerment & Persons with Disabilities; Legal Affairs and Human Rights; Trade, Customs and…
ITWeb TV Biz speaks to Rachel Fischer, parliamentary engagement and research manager at OUTA, and Shaun Russell, product owner and head of projects at OpenUp, about ParliMeter, a civic tech dashboard built in partnership with the Parliamentary Monitoring Group to make SA’s parliamentary data visible, searchable and actionable. The conversation covers why Parliament’s information has…
Parliament has called for nominations to fill four vacant positions on the council for communications regulator Icasa, the department of communications & digital technologies said on Thursday. An Icasa spokeswoman told TechCentral that the outgoing councillors are Cathrine Mushi, Thabisa Faye, Ntombiza Sithole and Nompucuko Nontombana. “The strength of our communications regulator depends on the…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has called for the overhaul of the region’s educational system to meet the aspirations of the people and the needs of the economies. Prof. Komi Selom Klassou, President of the National Assembly of Togo, warned that failure to align will lead to a disconnect that hinders…
Women held 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide as the year began -a 0.3 per cent increase from 2025, marking the slowest growth in nearly a decade, according to a new report from the UN-backed Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The report titled Women in parliament 2025 released ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March,…
US Ambassador Tom Rose says: ‘We will not permit anyone to harm US-Polish relations, nor disrespect’ President Trump. Published On 5 Feb 20265 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States embassy in Poland says it is breaking off contact with the country’s parliamentary speaker over what it calls…
Unathi Thosago, new CIO of Parliament. Unathi Thosago has been appointed as the new chief information officer (CIO) for Parliament, effective early January. The appointment process was conducted by recruitment firm Revolution Human Capital. In a statement, the recruiter says Thosago’s appointment is testament to the critical role of strategic executive search in building a…
An Australian senator has been suspended for a week after wearing a burka in parliament to push for a ban on the Muslim garment. Pauline Hanson was condemned by fellow senators – and later formally censured – for the stunt on Monday, with one colleague accusing her of “blatant racism”. The Queensland senator, of the…
The slow pace of meaningful transformation in the ICT industry has been exposed. The B-BBEE ICT Sector Council says it received only three equity equivalent investment programme (EEIP) applications over the past 12 months. In addition, the council says it encounters pushback when trying to verify the investment commitments and deployment of funds by multinational…
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has survived two confidence motions, just days after he appointed his new government in time to submit a draft budget to parliament in a bid to end the political turmoil that has gripped the country for months. A motion sponsored by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its allies…
