Bernice Swarts

Committee appearances

• Virtual oversight on Vacant state owned properties 18 Mar 2021

  Ms B Swarts (ANC) appreciated that the officials in Brazil had survived COVID-19. Her concern was that as long as the Department did not get its act together, when it came to the property management strategy, they would get to each and every country and find property had depreciated to ...

• Virtual oversight on cash missions 17 Mar 2021

  Ms B Swarts (ANC) said that 1978 was a very long time ago; looking at the video and the state of the property was very sad.

• Relocation of two missions in New York: DIRCO update 16 Mar 2021

  Ms B Swarts (ANC) commented on the manner in which the Committee received presentations. It was as if the Department attempted to disarm the Committee by receiving presentations late. This made it difficult for the Committee to fully engage. What were the processes the Department was going through to acquire ...

• DENEL TRANSNET Annual Report, deviations, expansions & SIU investigations: hearing 10 Mar 2021

  Ms B Swarts (ANC) asked how Denel had hired people who did not know supply chain processes – it was concerning that people in the SCM, who had such a huge responsibility still needed to be trained in PFMA. How were they hired without the requisite skills?

• Dr Siphamandla Zondi on trajectory of Biden Administration's foreign policy relations with South Africa and Africa 10 Mar 2021

  Ms B Swarts (ANC) said when the Republicans are in power bilateral relations always die off between Africa and the US and when Democrats are in power those relations are restarted. What is important for South Africa is the strategic dialogue by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation on ...

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Plenary appearances

• NOTICES OF MOTION 10 Sep 2019

  House Chairperson, I hereby give notice that, on the next sitting day of the House, I shall move on behalf of the

  ANC that that the House debates African countries' need to work together to promote peace and stability while addressing trade obstacles, climate change, corruption [Inaudible] security and the ...

• THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CO-OPERATION 11 Jul 2019

  Hon House Chairperson, hon Minister of the Department of International Relations and Co-operation, Minister Dr Naledi Pandor, all Ministers and Deputy Ministers, hon Chairperson of the committee, hon Mahambehlala, hon members, esteemed Guests, ladies and gentlemen and fellow South Africans.

  It is indeed a special pleasure and honour for me ...

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