Newly elected Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament, Zanethole Agyemang-Rawlings, stated immediately’s South African youth ought to keep in mind the contribution that many African international locations made in direction of liberation.
He stated the Pan-African Parliament had an obligation to remind the youthful technology of South Africans of the various contributions that Ghana and different African international locations had made in direction of the emancipation of their folks.
She stated such reminders are wanted to remind generations who could have forgotten the necessary ideas that “bind us as folks on this continent.”
“Ghana and lots of different international locations on the continent joined within the solidarity wrestle for the ultimate liberation of the South African folks,” she stated.
Dr. Agyeman-Rawlings, elected Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament and talking on his arrival in Accra on Might 7, 2026, stated: “Maybe we’re not telling this story sufficient to the youthful technology. We have to remind them of the sacrifices made when it comes to financing and training when it comes to citizenship and asylum, after which when it comes to passports and logistics supplied to those that took half within the liberation wrestle.”
Dr. Agyeman-Rawlings was elected Second Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament on the just-concluded Continental Congress on April 30 in Midrand, South Africa.
She was acquired on the airport by the parliamentary management led by Secretary Ebenezer Ahuma Jetlolu.
Others included Rockson Nelson Dafairmekpol, the bulk whip. The First Deputy Majority Chief, Consolation Doyoye Cudjoe, can also be the chairperson of the Nationwide Meeting Girls’s Caucus, as are different senior members of the Nationwide Meeting.
unlucky assault
Dr Agyeman-Rawlings stated the difficulty of xenophobic assaults in South Africa was certainly very unlucky.
Consequently, she stated, issues concerning the assault have been heightened as Ghana and different African international locations supported the liberation of the South African folks.
“Certainly, sure, that is a matter that will likely be taken up as a part of the Pan-African Parliament’s agenda,” she stated.
“It is an amazing honor.”
Dr Agyemang-Rawlings stated he believed this was the second time previously 20 years that Ghana had occupied the best place within the Pan-African Parliament.
She due to this fact described her choice as a “enormous honour” because it was truly the primary time a lady had held the place.
She stated her election was a landslide victory in a hotly contested election and that it was refreshing to know that it was not an election held on a tokenistic foundation, however one which required the participation of all members of parliament from 5 completely different areas of the continent.
She stated it was a real honor and a really humbling expertise and thanked God for the chance to serve.
“Actually, there’s loads of work to be carried out, and I consider that at a time like this, the place there’s a lot battle and a lot democratic reversal, parliamentary democracy is extra necessary than ever.
“And as I vowed after I was campaigning and after I gained, it’s to serve the folks of this area, of Ghana and of the African continent, to make sure that the aspirations of the folks of this continent to realize the imaginative and prescient of Pan-Africanism are realized and to depart a legacy price telling,” he stated.
“Your election was nice information.”
Mr Jetrol touted Dr Agyemang-Rawlings’ election as “nice information because it flies the Ghanaian flag very excessive”.
“The ladies of Ghana are very happy with your achievements,” he stated.
For her half, the federal government, her fellow MPs and the Ghanaian folks at massive welcomed her again with nice pleasure.
“I’m notably happy that ladies’s points have been on the coronary heart of your marketing campaign and that you just have been elected with an awesome majority in consequence,” she stated.
