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International Relations
Committee Reports: Iran & Qatar visit; National Coalition for Palestine; Pan African Parliament; Western Sahara & Foreign Service Bill Seminar
3 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met to consider for adoption several Draft Reports (listed herein) it had deferred in its last meeting. The Committee had deferred the reports on the recommendation that each report should have its own respective recommendation cited therein.
The Chairperson noted that there ...
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Foreign Service Bill: National Treasury & National Health Education and Allied Workers Union input
29 Mar 2017
National Treasury had done an appraisal of the Bill within the context of existing legislative and policy frameworks of government. Consideration was given to align the Bill with the Public Service Act and the Public Finance Management Act. Issues of concurrency on conditions of service, acquisition and disposal of state ...
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Western Sahara and South Africa relations: Public lecture, with Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2017
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation hosted a public lecture around the role of South Africa and its role in mobilising the international community in pursuit of the independence of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Keynote speakers included the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, the ...
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International Criminal Court ruling; Foreign Service Bill: input by Department of Defence
8 Mar 2017
Both Ministers of Justice and of International Relations were absent from the meeting which irked the Committee as they needed to account for the International Criminal Court withdrawal without seeking Parliament’s approval and repeal of the Rome Statute Act. They said that a department official could not answer political questions. ...
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Foreign Service Bill: input by Department of Trade and Industry
1 Mar 2017
The Committee continued to hear presentations by departments on the Foreign Service Bill (Bill). The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) informed the Committee that it had made comments in 2014 when the Bill was first issued and the comments had not been incorporated in the draft. The dti believed ...
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Foreign Service Bill: input by Department of Home Affairs
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) met with the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation to give its input on the Foreign Services Bill. Representatives from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation(DIRCO) were also present at the meeting. There was some discussion on the role of the two ...
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AU Summit 2017 outcomes, with Deputy Minister
15 Feb 2017
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) discussed the outcomes of the AU Summit and the impact of Morocco’s admission to the AU. The focus areas of the Summit included institutional reform, the continental free trade area (CFTA), withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), election of the AU ...
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DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund on Quarter 1 performance
30 Nov 2016
The DIRCO Audit Committee, an external body, reported that meeting with DIRCO on the turnaround strategy to address the Auditor-General’s audit findings and qualified audit opinion would only take place on 6 December, so it would be difficult to make any comments before that meeting. The Audit Committee would only ...
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South Africa Jewish Board of Deputies: Response to SA Jews for a Free Palestine
25 Nov 2016
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) had requested to meet with the Committee, following a meeting that the same Committee had held with a pro-Palestinian delegation of the South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) and the South Africa Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). SAHBD noted that ...
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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 ...