The Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust (SAPST) is a legal trust duly registered by the Registrar of Deeds according to the laws of Zimbabwe.

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25 July 2018

As the curtain falls down on the Eighth Parliament, ZBC TV caught up with SAPST Executive Director Mr John Makamure who gave an overview of the performance of the Eighth Parliament.
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23 July 2018

The ninth Parliament is expected to begin in August/September 2018 after the July 30 2018 general Election. The ninth Parliament is expected to usher in a new set of committee members and chairpersons. In order to prepare Parliament staff to effectively support the new committees to carry out their mandate, SAPST has an ongoing one and half day training for Committee Clerks and Researchers. The workshop will focus on strengthening the capacity of staff in the following areas:... -Social Accountability Approach to Public Resource Management -Quarterly Budget Performance Reporting Guidelines -Public Hearings -The Petition Process -Legislative Drafting Techniques
The workshop is being attended by the Clerk of Parliament, 2 Deputy Clerks, Assistant Clerk, Programmes Coordinator, 12 Committee Clerks, and 8 Researchers from the Parliament of Zimbabwe. The workshop will adopt a participatory approach by incorporating practical sessions that gave parliament staff the opportunity to apply the concepts learnt during the workshop sessions. The workshop will also give participants the opportunity to review the performance of Portfolio Committees in the 8th Parliament with a view to informing efforts to influence improvements in the work of committees in the 9th Parliament.
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30 April 2018

PARLIAMENTS URGED TO PRIORITISE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
At the invitation of the regional legislative body, SADC PF, SAPST attended the session of the Standing Committee on democracy governance and human rights of the SADC PF in Johannesburg on the 28th of April 2018.
During this session SAPST Public policy officer Chengetai Kanyangu shared a draft of the model child-friendly budget that is currently under development.
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The model child friendly budget is being developed as part of an initiative to promote investment in children in east and southern Africa.
One of the main objectives of the programme, which is supported by Save the Children International, is to strengthen the role of national and regional parliaments in advocating for increased and equitable public resource allocation towards children’s rights.
The Committee on democracy governance and human rights, currently chaired by Mauritius, agreed that the issue of investment in children should be prioritised.
A tool such as the Model child-friendly budget will be useful to countries in their efforts to promote child friendly budgeting in their national budget process.
The members of the committee also recognised the important role of Parliament throughout the entire budget cycle to ensure transparency, accountability, equity, equality, participation and sustainability of national budgets in response to the needs of children in the region.
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19 April 2018

The SAPST team are in Maseru, Lesotho for a training workshop with Lesotho Parliament on Budget analysis and monitoring The workshop is being attended by members of Parliament, CSOs and Parliament staff. Expectations from this workshop include that MPs to be capacitated enough to interrogate the budget process and execution to improve their oversight role as well as to ensure that MPs employ monitoring tools in monitoring the quarterly reports. In his remarks, Lesotho Parli...ament Clerk of Parliament Advocate Lebohang Fine Maema KC said members should play a critical role in the national budget to ensure that resources are collected and spent in an efficient and transparent manner. The two-day workshop will also equip MPs will skills to employ monitoring tools in monitoring the social cluster budgets (whether budgets are gender sensitive or child friendly) and be able to mainstream the social aspect in budgeting.
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17 April 2018

Electoral Amendment Bill conference in Harare. SAPST Programme Advisor Phillip Muziri has presented on the electoral amendment process.
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11 April 2018

Prioritise child friendly budgets: African Governments urged
SAPST Public Policy Officer Mrs Chengetai Madziwa-Kanyangu has called on African Governments to accelerate children’s rights by ensuring that there is equitable resource allocation and spending for the survival, learning and protection of children in Southern Africa. Speaking at an ongoing SADC child rights conference in Harare today, Mrs Madziwa Kanyangu said child friendly budgets will ensure that children’s needs... are catered for. “The implementation of the overall framework for governments to invest in children, provided in the Committee on the rights of the child general comment no. 19, should be prioritised. The comment proposes a set of guidelines on the planning, enacting, executing and monitoring of national budgets,” she said. “Government should ensure that their PFM systems effectively generate and utilise relevant information throughout the entire budget cycle particularly in specific sectors such as health, education and social protection.” Mrs Madziwa-Kanyangu also said there is need to improve the variety and detail that is included in budget documents to include comprehensive information of investment in children urging countries to adopt measures that would ensure enhanced quantity and quality of published budget documents. The conference which ends tomorrow is running under theme, “Towards a SADC Protocol and Young People “and is being attended by delegates drawn from East and Southern Africa. Delegates earlier on visited Parliament whereby they interacted with the Clerk of Parliament and the Parliamentary Budget Office. The Clerk of Parliament Mr Kennedy Chokuda said the Portfolio committees which deals with children’s issues have been vibrant with some visiting children’s homes to check on their living conditions. Mr Chokuda also explained how Zimbabwe is working with the SADC Parliamentary Forum and its effectiveness. Day two of the conference ended with delegates outlining their action plans on child rights advocacy issues in their respective countries.
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11 April 2018

Day 2: SADC child rights conference begins with a tour of Parliament. Delegates from East and Southern Africa get to learn about the practical side of how Parliament operates following the presentation that SAPST’s Henry Ndlovu made yesterday on parliamentary processes and procedures. Delegates are now in the House of NA where they are interacting with the Clerk of Parliament Mr Kennedy Chokuda
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10 April 2018

SADC Child Rights Conference kicks off in Harare
Child rights experts from the continent are gathered in Harare for a three-day conference on effective engagement for the protection, respect, promotion and fulfillment of children’s rights in Southern Africa.The conference which ends on Thursday is running under theme, “Towards a SADC Protocol and Young People.” Delegates from Southern and East Africa are in attendance. These delegates hail from organisations which include, N...ational Child Rights Coalition, Botswana Child Rights Coalition Letsema Child Rights Coalition, NGO Coalition on Child Rights, Rede da Crianca, Namibia Child Rights Network, Children’s Consortium, Tanzania Child Rights Forum, National Child Rights Forum, Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children, East African Child Rights Network, MIET-Africa, Save the Children International and Plan International RESA. In his opening remarks, Child Rights Network for Southern Africa (CRNSA) outgoing chairperson Desmond Nyuma commended members of the network for carrying out advocacy work on children’s rights. He said more civil society organisations should be mobilised to work on issues affecting children. In her solidarity message, Save the Children Senior Programme Manager, Child Rights Governance and Child Poverty Ms Yvonne Tagwireyi said African economies should do more in terms of investment in children’s rights. She said there is need for Governments to structure tax systems in ways that promote the rights of children. In fulfilment of one of SAPST’s objectives of training CSO’s on Parliamentary issues, Mr Henry Ndlovu took time to train the organisations on parliamentary processes and procedures. In his presentation, Mr Ndlovu outlined the importance as well as opportunities for civil society engagement with Parliament. SAPST’s participation in the workshop is being supported by Save the Children. During the first two days of the conference, SAPST will present on the Parliamentary Processes and procedures, Opportunities for CSO engagement with Parliament. Delegates are also expected to visit the Parliament of Zimbabwe tomorrow morning to get a practical appreciation of how a Parliament operates.
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10 April 2018

Botswana SAT Youth Hub engages Parliamentarians on the Amendment to the Age of Consent Bill
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09 April 2018

SAPST, CRNSA hold SADC Child Rights Conference
SAPST in collaboration with the Child Rights Network for Southern Africa (CRNSA) will be holding a child rights conference with its members and partners from 10-12 April 2018 in Harare. The conference will bring together child rights civil society for effective engagement for a SADC Protocol on Children and Young People, whilst strengthening the institutional capacity of CRNSA to effectively contribute to the protection, respect,... promotion and fulfilment of children’s rights in Southern Africa. It is running under the theme, ‘Towards A SADC Protocol For Children And Young People.’ Delegates from Southern and East Africa will be in attendance. These delegates hail from organisations which include, National Child Rights Coalition, Botswana Child Rights Coalition Letsema Child Rights Coalition, NGO Coalition on Child Rights, Rede da Crianca, Namibia Child Rights Network, Children’s Consortium, Tanzania Child Rights Forum, National Child Rights Forum, Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children, East African Child Rights Network, MIET-Africa, Save the Children International and Plan International RESA. SAPST’s participation in the workshop is being supported by Save the Children. During the first two days of the conference, SAPST will present on the Parliamentary Processes and procedures, Opportunities for CSO engagement with Parliament.
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26 March 2018

MPs want electoral law reform process intensified John Makamure USAID - US Agency for International Development Lucy Makaza Mazingi Innocent Matshe Parliamentof Zimbabwe Catherine Mpofu Muvhami
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26 March 2018

Botswana Minister of Defence to table Penal Code Amendment Bill. A bill that seeks to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18 years.
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14 March 2018

Government of Botswana introduces a free eye care scheme for children.
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14 March 2018

In case you missed it: SAPST contribution on SONA, the Executive Director gives his analysis
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14 March 2018

Minister of State for Manicaland Monica Mutsvangwa giving welcome remarks at the Speakers Forum outreach programme recently.
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09 March 2018

Ongoing: Speaker’s Outreach Programme at Bindura University of Science Education. Speaker of Parliament Advocate Mudenda is meeting with tertiary institutions to enhance visibility of Parliament in the education sector.
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08 March 2018

SAPST Deputy Director Israel Chilimanzi giving remarks outlining the support that SAPST renders to Parliament...says the organisation is committed to supporting Parliament initiatives