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International Relations
Engagement with Chinese youth diplomats to exchange views on promoting South Africa-China friendship and relations
9 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met with a 23-person delegation from the People’s Republic of China. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on promoting the South Africa-China friendship and bilateral relationship. The young diplomats were given a thorough briefing on the history of cooperation between ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission: Sport and Recreation allocations in 2015/16 and 2016/17
8 Nov 2016
The meeting to consider the National Lotteries Commission’s (NLC’s) sport and recreation allocations got off to an inauspicious start when the Chairperson announced that the NLC Chairperson, along with the board members, had excused themselves as they were attending a conference in Singapore. The situation was compounded when the person ...
International Relations
Coordinating Ministry: Political Legal and Security Affairs of Republic of Indonesia
2 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation met with the Indonesian delegation, which included the Indonesian Ambassador to South Africa, and deputy ministers and special staff from the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Judicial and Security. The point of the meeting was to study the South African perception of Indonesia, ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
loveLife; SA Transplant Sport Association briefings
1 Nov 2016
The South African Transplant Sports Association (SATSA) told the Committee that the organisation aimed to encourage people who had received an organ transplant to participate in sporting activities as a way of getting their lives back, and showing their appreciation to society for helping them get their lives back.
Members ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
The Committee met to adopt the Budget Review and Recommendation Report of the Department of Sport and Recreation, Boxing South Africa, and South African Institute for Drug-free Sport. Members were generally happy with the report. A concern was that the report was not specific on the recommendations the Committee had ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on the Department’s performance, financial and non-financial for the 2015/16 financial year.
The Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report was meant to assess the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s ...
International Relations
SA foreign policy execution: expert analysis; DIRCO performance analysis by DPME
19 Oct 2016
The delegation from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) told the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation that their monitoring and evaluation tools were used to examine and rate how well government departments were handling areas of performance, and to establish whether they had procedures in place ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Content Adviser briefed the Committee on the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports of the Department of Sport and Recreation.
The Committee Content Advisor explained that the BRRR has been informed by the 2016 State of the Nation address, which strongly highlighted ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SRSA 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance; Committee Report on Free State oversight visit
18 Oct 2016
Documents handed out:
Draft report on Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation on performance of SRSA budget vote 40 during first quarter of 2016-17 financial year.
Deliberation draft Free State Provincial oversight report (FOR MEMBERS ONLY)
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee met ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Olympics Team SA Report; SRSA 1st Quarter performance; National Youth Camp; Indigenous Games; National School Sport Championship; SAIDS Lab
14 Sep 2016
Sport and Recreation SA performance: Quarter 1 of 2016/17
Programme 1 - Administration: SRSA had set itself three targets but it had achieved only one target. One unachieved target dealt with performance assessment. However the Department had achieved this by the second quarter. The second unachieved target was payment of ...