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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 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Interventions in local government: DCOG & National Treasury briefings; Comparison of interventions strategies in municipalities; MISA induction; with Deputy Ministers
3 Sep 2019
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on interventions in local government; and the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) induction; with both Deputy Ministers, Parks Tau and Obed Bapela in attendance.
The Department admitted the situation was dire in municipalities, and that one had to ...
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 ...
International Relations
Election of Committee Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee met for the election of its Chairperson. The Committee Secretary conducted the process of the election of the Committee Chairperson and Members elected Ms T Mahambehlala (ANC) as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: NCOP amendments approved; Airports & ATNS Company Amendment Bills: deliberation
12 Feb 2019
The Committee considered and adopted the NCOP amendments to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offence (AARTO) Amendment Bill.
The State Law Advisor presented to the Committee the proposed NCOP amendments which were:
Clause 15(3)
Under this provision, the Tribunal would now consider a later application for a review ...
Transport
Airports Company Amendment Bill & ATNS Company Amendment Bill: deliberations
5 Feb 2019
The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on the Airports Company Amendment Bill and Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Amendment Bill.
The Department reported that the purpose of the Airports Company Amendment Bill is to amend the principal Act thereby aligning the principal Act with the Companies Act, 2008 ...
Transport
Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) governance
4 Dec 2018
The Committee met with the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA) to hear about matters pertaining to governance in the Agency, particularly at the Board level. The chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) had come before the Committee in October 2018 to present the annual report of the Agency, and at ...