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International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: National Treasury & National Health Education and Allied Workers Union input
29 Mar 2017
National Treasury had done an appraisal of the Bill within the context of existing legislative and policy frameworks of government. Consideration was given to align the Bill with the Public Service Act and the Public Finance Management Act. Issues of concurrency on conditions of service, acquisition and disposal of state ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: SAPS briefing
22 Mar 2017
The Committee was provided with a short run down on how the South African Police Services (SAPS) perceived the Foreign Service Bill. SAPS agreed with the Bill. Initially, SAPS had concerns with the definition of “employee” in the Bill - the definition made mention of the Public Service Act however ...
International Relations
Western Sahara and South Africa relations: Public lecture, with Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2017
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation hosted a public lecture around the role of South Africa and its role in mobilising the international community in pursuit of the independence of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Keynote speakers included the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, the ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B-2016]: voting, with Deputy Minister
8 Mar 2017
The Committee considered the Refugees Amendment Bill clause by clause and adopted it. Prior to this, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the Committee’s amendments. The Department noted the minor amendments to the Long Title, clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21 and 27 and a ...
International Relations
International Criminal Court ruling; Foreign Service Bill: input by Department of Defence
8 Mar 2017
Both Ministers of Justice and of International Relations were absent from the meeting which irked the Committee as they needed to account for the International Criminal Court withdrawal without seeking Parliament’s approval and repeal of the Rome Statute Act. They said that a department official could not answer political questions. ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: input by Department of Trade and Industry
1 Mar 2017
The Committee continued to hear presentations by departments on the Foreign Service Bill (Bill). The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) informed the Committee that it had made comments in 2014 when the Bill was first issued and the comments had not been incorporated in the draft. The dti believed ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2017
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, the Home Affairs Chief Director of Legal Services briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Refugees Amendment Bill in accordance with Members inputs and suggestions. Under clause 3, the term “in any way” was substituted by “in the ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: input by Department of Home Affairs
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) met with the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation to give its input on the Foreign Services Bill. Representatives from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation(DIRCO) were also present at the meeting. There was some discussion on the role of the two ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill: Department responses to submissions, with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2017
Relevant Document
Refugees Act 130 of 1998
Refugees Amendment Act 12 of 2011
Refugees Amendment Act 33 of 2008
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on its responses to the submissions received on the Bill.The brief presented a summary of 19 submissions made from over a total of ...
International Relations
AU Summit 2017 outcomes, with Deputy Minister
15 Feb 2017
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) discussed the outcomes of the AU Summit and the impact of Morocco’s admission to the AU. The focus areas of the Summit included institutional reform, the continental free trade area (CFTA), withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), election of the AU ...