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International Relations
Zimbabwe and Lesotho: DIRCO briefing; Foreign Service Bill: SA Association of Former Ambassadors, Stats SA & Departments input
22 Nov 2017
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) provided the Committee with an updated overview of the current political situations in the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Lesotho.
The presentation on Zimbabwe elaborated on speculation of what would happen after Robert Mugabe, the former President, announced his resignation. ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Swimming SA: status report
15 Nov 2017
Swimming South Africa (SSA) briefed the Committee on its governance, transformation, financials and sponsorship, programmes including development and school programmes and preparation for upcoming international events. The presentation from SSA highlighted issues of governance, transformation, sponsorship, programmes and preparation for the upcoming events. The SSA Strategy for 2017 to 2020 ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: DHET, DoT; DTPS; DEA & Department of Energy input
8 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation convened for inputs on the Foreign Service Bill by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), the Department of Transport (DoT) and the Department of Energy (DOE).
DHET supported the Bill, but highlighted the confusion in terms of clause 6. There ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and recreation infrastructure delivery: SRSA, COGTA, Treasury, SALGA inputs
7 Nov 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), National Treasury (NT), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) and Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) on the utilisation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) for sport and ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation Budget Review & Recommendations Report
1 Nov 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered and adopted the Sport and Recreation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
As part of the recommendations, Members commented that the SABC still holds the key to transformation in sports. Most sporting codes have fallen short because of SABC ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Athletics SA briefing
31 Oct 2017
Athletics South Africa (ASA) briefed the Committee on its governance, transformation programmes, successes, financials and challenges.
Members welcomed the presentation and asked if a cordial relationship exists between ASA and SASCOC? In line with its transformation agenda how many board members of ASA are female? Who are ASA’s external auditors? ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: Departments of Tourism & Science and Technology input
25 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Tourism and the Department of Science and Technology on the Foreign Service Bill.
The Department of Tourism supported the objective of creating an enabling administrative and management framework through which the Foreign Service would be managed and regulated in a consolidated and ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) briefing
24 Oct 2017
The SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) briefed the Committee on its governance, programmes and annual report including financials.
Members were dissatisfied with the quality of the presentation. They pointed out that the information on the financial was scant, that the document had errors and was poorly drafted and ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation SA 2016/17 Annual Report; BRRR, with Minister and Deputy Minister
11 Oct 2017
The Department of Sport and Recreation received a clean audit for the fourth consecutive year. During the period under review, the Department had 28 targets of which 23 were achieved: a 82% achievement rate. Unachieved targets were mainly attributed to system failures in programme 1, financial ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SRSA, SAIDS & Boxing SA 2016/17 Annual Report: Auditor General Input, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa briefed the Committee on the Department of Sport and Recreation on audit outcomes for the 2016/17 financial year.
Inadequate monitoring of Supply Chain Management legislation at Boxing South Africa resulted in non-compliance with supply chain management legislation for ...