The Commonwealth: Know about the Secretary General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC

The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC is the 6th Commonwealth Secretary-General. She is the second Secretary-General from the Caribbean and the first woman to hold the post.She was born in Dominica and was their candidate for the post at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta in 2015. Patricia Janet Scotland was born on 19 August 1955 … Read more

South African Parliamentary committee engages with the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality

-Nimish Kumar. The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) had an engagement last night with the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, Agri Letaba and the Limpopo Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance to consider a petition submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in June 2020 by Agri Letaba, an organisation representing the farming community … Read more

Opening remarks of UNSG António Guterres on the Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to a Second Term of Office

-Nimish Kumar. Ninth, we will embark on a United Nations 2.0 — building on our reform efforts to date, we will strive for a more integrated, cohesive and joined up UN that also actively brings in outside networks.  Tenth, and underpinning all our efforts, is the focus on people — bettering the lives of individuals, … Read more