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Peace and Security in SADC region; Structural Bilateral Mechanism with DRC
8 Dec 2021
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on the structural bilateral mechanism with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and to deliberate on whether the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was living up to its mandate, ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation BRRR
24 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee met to adopt its Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). There were 20 recommendations that Members had to adopt, based on the last meeting of the Committee.
Members discussed when the follow-up meeting should take ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation BRRR
17 Nov 2021
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) 2021 was presented to the Portfolio Committee for consideration. There were 24 recommendations that needed to be discussed by the Members.
Members of the Committee felt as though recommendation 1 needed to make provision for investigations into ...
International Relations
DIRCO & ARF 2020/21 Annual Report & Audit Outcomes; with Minister
10 Nov 2021
Annual Reports 2020/21
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received an update from the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation on consequence management and the progress that the Department had made in the last financial year. The Auditor-General also briefed the Committee on audit outcomes, and the Department of International ...
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Suspension of Director-General and Ambassador Faisel Moosa: briefing by Minister; DIRCO and African Renaissance Fund – reports on Quarters 3 & 4 of 2020/21
2 Sep 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received an update from the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation on consequence management and the suspensions cases relating to the Director-General and Ambassador Faisel Moosa. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation briefed the Committee on its performance and that of the ...
International Relations
Election of Chairperson
31 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee met to elect a new Chairperson. The process was led by the Committee Secretary.
Mr S Mahumapelo (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson of the Committee. He accepted the nomination and was declared Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. ...
International Relations
Postponed: Update on consequence management; DIRCO & ARF Quarter 3 & 4 2020/21 performance
25 Aug 2021
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhC2TDW1gDD6BPLtlGcd7UrN9gia5S-X/view?usp=sharing
At a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to be briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on its consequence management measures and implementation, especially involving the Acting Director-General and Ambassador Faisel Moosa. The second item on the agenda was for the Committee to be briefed ...
International Relations
DIRCO’s implementation of Audit Plan: briefing by Audit and Risk management committees
18 Aug 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee received a report on the risk and audit outcomes from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s (DIRCO’s) Audit and Risk Committee. The Audit and Risk Committee flagged budget overspending, underfunded expenditure and the non-implementation of consequence management as some ...
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DIRCO’s takeover of custodianship of state owned properties abroad:: DIRCO & DPWI briefing
18 Aug 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a joint briefing by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) on the collaboration between the two departments in preparation for DIRCO’s assumption of custodianship of state-owned properties abroad.
Both departments outlined ...
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Virtual Oversight: Germany; Senegal; Botswana, Saudi Arabia missions
2 Jun 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee conducted virtual oversight of four foreign missions. South African Embassies in Germany, Senegal, Botswana and Saudi Arabia gave a briefing of each of their Embassies. Their briefing provided an organisational overview of their Embassies, staff component and their assets registry.
Maintenance challenges were outlined ...