The Committee set out on a mission to find out how the Department was performing with regard to linking foreign policy to national interest and domestic priorities; and whether the public was indeed being engaged and informed of the activities of the Department in furtherance of its public diplomacy program. The Western Cape Province became the second in the series of areas the Committee has set itself in execution of its oversight mandate. The Committee chose to interact with the academia and students of international relations, politics, economics, and law, from the Universities of Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Western Cape. The University of Cape Town offered the venue.