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Home Affairs
BMA Bill: NCOP amendments; Performance Audit on undocumented immigrants; with Minister & Deputy Minister
4 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) amendments to the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill.
The Minister of Home Affairs gave an overview of the BMA which would be established as a single implementation entity under a single executive ...
International Relations
Agreement between RSA, India & Brazil on IBSA Fund for Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger
27 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India, the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the IBSA Fund for the Alleviation ...
Home Affairs
DHA on strategies to resolve long queues at Home Affairs offices; with Deputy Minister
26 Nov 2019
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its strategies to resolve long queues at its offices. After the Department had been inundated with calls from frustrated members of the public last year, the Minister had directed it to conduct an assessment in order to develop intervention strategies ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered its Draft 2019 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). In the interest of time, the Committee focused its discussion on the Findings and Recommendations highlighted in the report. Members were urged to make changes where they deemed it necessary and ...
International Relations
DIRCO Annual Report 2018/19; with Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Committee received presentations from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s audit and risk committee, the Auditor-General, the Department itself, and the African Renaissance Fund.
DIRCO's internal audit and risk committee had been invited to discuss the root causes of the Department’s failure to achieve a ...
Home Affairs
State of province 2018/2019: Western Cape; Minister on matters affecting Department
17 Sep 2019
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in the Western Cape briefed the Committee on its state for the 2018/19 financial year. Earlier, Members had been disappointed with the presentations from the Northern and Eastern Cape provinces because the documents they presented were different from the documents sent to Parliament prior ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Further Business (Closed Meeting)
11 Sep 2019
It was a closed session. PMG was not present at the meeting
Ethics and Members' Interest
Election of Chairperson
11 Sep 2019
The agenda of the meeting was to elect two Co-Chairpersons, one who would be Co-Chairperson on behalf of the National Assembly and another who would be the Co-Chairperson on behalf of the National Council of Provinces. The election was deemed an open meeting; thereafter the meeting will be closed to ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: DIRCO briefing; Risks to SA Foreign Policy
11 Sep 2019
SC Trade Report on Foreign Service Bill
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on the Foreign Service Bill (FSB). Members were given insight into the rationale for the FSB. Members were also given an explanatory overview of what each of the clauses of the FSB ...
Home Affairs
State of provinces 2018/2019: North West, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal
10 Sep 2019
Provincial managers of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in North Province, Free State and KwaZulu Natal (KZN), briefed the Committee on the state of the provinces for the 2018/19 financial year. All three provinces provided details of their performance in respect of civic services, immigration services, finance and supply ...