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Allegations of corruption against GPW Acting CEO; with Ministry and Update on EOH, ABIS & VFS contracts
2 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 2 June 2020
The Committee received a legal opinion on its response to a letter it had received containing allegations of corruption against the acting chief executive officer of the Government Printing Works, Ms Alinah Fosi. The crux of the opinion was that the ...
Home Affairs
DHA services rendered during COVID-19; with Minister & Deputy Minister
28 Apr 2020
VIDEO: Joint Meeting: PC on Home Affairs and SC on Security and Justice
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Members on the administrative and safety features of its response to the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The Department’s COVID-19 budget of ...
International Relations
DIRCO on current political situation in Libya; with Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2020
The Chairperson, at the outset of the meeting, observed that the Committee was not being kept in the loop regarding international treaties that were being reviewed by other parliamentary committees. She suggested that parliament have inter-study groups on international treaties. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) was asked ...
Home Affairs
Refugee situation in Cape Town: stakeholder engagement; with the Minister
10 Mar 2020
The Committee received briefings on the situation of the refugees in Cape Town who were demanding to be resettled to a third country. The Minister of Home Affairs provided a background to the protest, the events that had transpired, as well as the Department’s plans to move the process forward. ...
International Relations
DIRCO on: SA chairing the AU; outcomes of the recent AU Summit; with Minister
26 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on South Africa’s chairship of the African Union (AU) for 2020, and the outcomes of the 33rd ordinary session of the Assembly of heads of state and government of the African Union. President Ramaphosa was the new ...
International Relations
South Africa chairship of the African Union; DIRCO & ARF 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Ministers
19 Feb 2020
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of International Relations and Corporations (DIRCO), and both Deputy Ministers, for its presentation on the third quarter performance of the Department the third quarter performance of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF).
The Committee expressed how displeased it is with DIRCO’s ...
Home Affairs
Department 2019 Quarter 2 & 3 performance; BMA Bill; Impact of SONA, with Minister
18 Feb 2020
Awaited document: Committee Content Advisor - State of the Nation Address relating to work of Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs
The Minister of Home Affairs provided an update on the issue of refugees sheltering in a Cape Town church, and said an unsavoury situation had arisen at the church in Greenmarket ...
International Relations
DIRCO management report on 2018/19 audit findings: follow up with Deputy Minister
5 Feb 2020
The Committee met again about the 30 October 2019 presentation by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation that consisted of an internal DIRCO management report on the 2018/19 audit findings which should not have been made public. It appeared that no one in the DIRCO management team knew how ...
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 ...
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 ...