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Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: deliberations; Department Home Affairs Annual Report: reasons for delay
1 Nov 2016
Border Management Authority Bill A- version
In his opening remarks, the Chairperson reminded Members that the progress on the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill was effectively on hold, as it was dependent on the outcome of meetings to be held between the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Finance and ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: deliberations
25 Oct 2016
A State Law Advisor provided a legal opinion on the Border Management Authority Bill (BMA Bill) which had been requested following questions from a Member at the previous meeting. The concerns had to do with the functions of the Border Management Authority and whether this was necessarily depriving the SA ...
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 ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: discussion on way forward
18 Oct 2016
Due to the letter the Committee received from the Minister of Finance advising it not to deliberate on the South African Revenue Services (SARS) related matters, the Committee resolved to refer the Border Management Authority Bill to the concerned departments for further engagement.
The Committee noted that the letter required ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2015/16 audit outcomes; Foreign exchange fluctuations on DIRCO budget: Treasury input
12 Oct 2016
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) said the audit outcomes of the International Relations and Cooperation portfolio remained stagnant with no improvement over the last three years from 2013/14 to 2015/16. The lack of improvement had Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) receiving a qualified audit opinion on its financial ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions
20 Sep 2016
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) said that the presentation was to clarify some contextual matters that had informed the Department’s responses to public comments on the Border Management Authority (BMA) bill. The presentation covered the proposed institutional form of the BMA, to be under one government authority. This would ...
International Relations
SA Parliament's oversight over Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): meeting with the UK Parliament
20 Sep 2016
The Committee met with the United Kingdom (UK) All Party Parliamentary Group on Africa, and discussed issues regarding Parliamentary oversight and legislative responsibilities arising from the impact of international trade agreements, such as the economic partnership agreement (EPA) on South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
The ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: public hearings, with Minister in attendance
13 Sep 2016
The Minister of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on the outstanding concerns surrounding the Border Management Authority Bill which had been raised at a previous meeting. He described the three underlying principles on which the Cabinet had based the functioning of the BMA. These were that the BMA should be ...
International Relations
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations impact on SA Foreign Policy; South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) on current Palestine/Israel political situation
7 Sep 2016
Both the Department of Trade and Industry and of International Relations and Cooperation briefed the Committee on the South African Development Community and European Union Economic Partnership Agreement. The departments were in agreement that trade negotiations were informed by and were in line with national development objectives set out in ...