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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 ...
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 ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund Quarterly Performance Reports
21 Aug 2019
The Committee met with the Department and the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) for a briefing on their quarterly performance reports for the fourth quarter of 2018/19.
On the Department’s performance during the period under review as at 31 March 2019, expenditure amounting to R 6.4 billion which represents 97% of ...
International Relations
Committee Legacy Report: Committee Support Staff briefing
21 Aug 2019
The Committee was provided with background on the activities of the Fifth Parliament Committee from 2014 to 2019. These included Committee meetings, oversight visits and international study tours.
The Committee was at the outset informed that it had to decide which issues from the Legacy Report it ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budget: Committee Report; with Deputy Minister
10 Jul 2019
The Committee, in the presence of Deputy Minister Alvin Botes, asked the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to report a holistic overview and the role that the Department plays in the international institutions it has membership. There should be regular engagements between the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation ...
International Relations
DIRCO and African Renaissance Fund 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) presented its 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP), with Deputy Minister Alvin Botes. The presentation spoke to the situation analysis in terms of performance environment and operational environment. It was noted the focus of the APP in the period under review would cover ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Executive Undertaking; Committee Legacy Report
19 Mar 2019
There were three items on the agenda: consideration of the Draft report on the executive undertaking made by the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs during the house sitting of 4 May 2015, the adoption of the legacy report and the adoption of the minutes of the meeting held ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: briefing, with Deputy Minister
19 Mar 2019
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. He stated that the Protocol aims to strengthen efforts and measures by state parties to United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
Committee Legacy Report
6 Mar 2019
The Committee considered and adopted its Legacy Report as well as several outstanding minutes.
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Emadlangen & Inkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipalities: termination of intervention
5 Mar 2019
The Committee was briefed by COGTA KZN on the termination of interventions at Emadlangeni and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma municipalities and the institution of interventions under Section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution at Endumeni and Abaqulusi municipalities
COGTA KZN said the interventions at Emadlangeni and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Mmunicipalities’ had ...