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Director-General precautionary suspension & Committee New York Oversight Report
17 Feb 2021
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation failed to attend a meeting about the current ...
International Relations
DIRCO & ARF Quarter 1 & 2 2020/21 performance; with Deputy Ministers
10 Feb 2021
The Committee was convened in a virtual meeting to receive briefings from the Department of International Relations (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) on their performance reports for the first and second quarters of the 2020/21 financial year.
DIRCO highlighted its adaptability in using a digital platform when COVID-19 ...
International Relations
DIRCO Budgetary Review Recommendations Report; with Deputy Minister
3 Dec 2020
Video: PC International Relations, 3 December
2020 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the Committee’s 2019/2020 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). Deputy Minister Mashego-Dlamini was present.
The Members engaged in discussion on various points of the performance of ...
International Relations
DIRCO & ARF 2019/20 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
26 Nov 2020
The Committee received briefings in a virtual meeting from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance Fund on their annual reports for the 2019/20 financial year.
DIRCO received an unqualified audit opinion for the third consecutive year. During the reporting period, the ...
International Relations
Audit Outcomes DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2019/20; with Deputy Ministers
12 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation
In a virtual meeting, Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) gave a briefing on the on the 2019/20 audit outcomes for Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance Fund (ARF). AGSA reported that ARF has obtained an unqualified audit opinion ...
International Relations
Report assessing performance of the Committee in its 100 days
28 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met virtually to discuss the Committee’s draft report, which assessed the performance of the Committee in its first 100 days.
The draft report the Committee’s oversight work from 3 July to 15 December 2019. The main issues which had been addressed included ...
International Relations
ARF 2019/20 performance; LA Consul General; AU Commission posts; with Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee held a virtual meeting on the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF) 2019/20 annual performance, pending a formal audit by AGSA. The Committee was advised that ARF had a clean audit and that it achieved the vast majority of its targets. The reconciliation of available funds ...
International Relations
DIRCO response to Committee Recommendations; Zondo Commission & Sudan Acting Ambassador allegations
20 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on recommendations made to the Department by the Portfolio Committee, allegations submitted to the Zondo Commission and media reports about Acting Ambassador to Sudan.
The Department gave the Committee an update on how far ...
International Relations
DIRCO & ARF challenges in addressing audit outcomes: Risk and Audit Committee briefing
7 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s Audit and Risk Committee briefed Members on the Department’s and the African Renaissance Fund’s performance challenges in addressing audit outcome recommendations.
The Audit Committee reported that DIRCO’s 2018/19 audit action plan was inadequate and did not include internal audit ...
International Relations
DIRCO on security situation in Cabo Delgado & impact on region; with Minister
2 Sep 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, (National Assembly) 02 Sep 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on the security situation in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique and its impact on South Africa’s foreign policy aspirations for a ...