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International Relations
Petition on current situation in Palestine: National Coalition for Palestine briefing
23 Nov 2016
The National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) in South Africa briefed the Committee on a petition presented to Parliament on 9 August 2014 following a peaceful march attended by over 200 000 people. It said the motivation for the march and the petition was the savage attacks on Palestinians, especially children, which ...
International Relations
SA Foreign Policy issues; Meeting with South African Council on International Relations
16 Nov 2016
A delegation from the South African Council on International Relations (SACOIR) met with the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation to discuss the recent US election and its impact on South Africa’s foreign policy. Though the US election was only briefly discussed, the delegation gave a detailed account of ...
Transport
Pilot of Administrative Adjudication Road Traffic Offences Act: Tshwane & Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipalities briefing
11 Nov 2016
The Tshwane and Johannesburg (JHB) Metropolitan Municipalities briefed the Committee on their experiences with the pilot phase of the project to implement the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act. AARTO had been promulgated some years before a decision was taken that a pilot project would be run to ...
International Relations
Engagement with Chinese youth diplomats to exchange views on promoting South Africa-China friendship and relations
9 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met with a 23-person delegation from the People’s Republic of China. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on promoting the South Africa-China friendship and bilateral relationship. The young diplomats were given a thorough briefing on the history of cooperation between ...
International Relations
Coordinating Ministry: Political Legal and Security Affairs of Republic of Indonesia
2 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation met with the Indonesian delegation, which included the Indonesian Ambassador to South Africa, and deputy ministers and special staff from the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Judicial and Security. The point of the meeting was to study the South African perception of Indonesia, ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on the Department’s performance, financial and non-financial for the 2015/16 financial year.
The Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report was meant to assess the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s ...
International Relations
SA foreign policy execution: expert analysis; DIRCO performance analysis by DPME
19 Oct 2016
The delegation from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) told the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation that their monitoring and evaluation tools were used to examine and rate how well government departments were handling areas of performance, and to establish whether they had procedures in place ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2015/16 audit outcomes; Foreign exchange fluctuations on DIRCO budget: Treasury input
12 Oct 2016
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) said the audit outcomes of the International Relations and Cooperation portfolio remained stagnant with no improvement over the last three years from 2013/14 to 2015/16. The lack of improvement had Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) receiving a qualified audit opinion on its financial ...
International Relations
SA Parliament's oversight over Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): meeting with the UK Parliament
20 Sep 2016
The Committee met with the United Kingdom (UK) All Party Parliamentary Group on Africa, and discussed issues regarding Parliamentary oversight and legislative responsibilities arising from the impact of international trade agreements, such as the economic partnership agreement (EPA) on South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
The ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill B38-2015 responses to queries: Department of Transport briefing
14 Sep 2016
The Department of Transport had been asked to return to this meeting to answer all the questions asked by Members in a previous meeting. Officials from the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) and the Department of Transport (DOT) provided the feedback.
A Member had asked about the difference between the ...