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Department of Home Affairs, Electoral Commission & Government Printing Works on their 2014/15 Annual Report; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the audit outcomes of the DHA, IEC and GPW for the 2014/15 financial year. There were further presentations by the DHA, IEC and GPW of their annual reports for the 2014/15 financial year. The report of the AGSA showed that ...
International Relations
Sub-judice rule & Al-Bashir matter; Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges: briefing by Deputy Minister & Department of International Relations & Cooperation
9 Sep 2015
The Constitutional and Legal Services Office provided the Committee with a legal opinion it had requested on whether the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) could brief the Committee about President Omar Al-Bashir’s departure South Africa after the African Union Summit 2015 in South Africa despite a court order ...
The Committee met to adopt service delivery report from four provinces -- North West, Mpumalanga, Kwazulu-Natal and the Western Cape -- and to be briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the local government municipal electoral amendment bill. It also briefly considered an immigration petition submitted in terms of ...
International Relations
African conflicts & insurgencies & conflict resolution; SA peace-making in Lesotho, Burundi & South Sudan; Department on International Relations & Cooperation 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on the performance and financial reports for Quarter 1 for the 2015/16 financial year for the Department, as well as the African Renaissance Fund, and provided an update on South Africa’s peace-making efforts in Lesotho, Burundi and South Sudan. ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs service delivery improvement in Gauteng, Limpopo, Free State & Eastern Cape; Petition for 12-month suspension of certain immigration provisions to conduct regulatory impact assessment
1 Sep 2015
The Committee received briefings from four Department of Home Affairs (DHA) provincial managers -- from Limpopo, Gauteng, the Free State, and Eastern Cape – on the service delivery in their respective provinces. It also considered a petition for a 12-month suspension of certain immigration provisions in order to conduct a ...
International Relations
UN Post 2015 Development Agenda: briefing by Department on International Relations and Cooperation, with Deputy Minister in attendance
26 Aug 2015
The Committee met to hear a presentation on the new post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the light of the upcoming meeting of the 70th United Nations (UN) General Assembly in September.
The Department of Internation Relations and Cooperation explained the need for more specific goals to finish the work ...
Home Affairs
Attracting foreign critical skills in line with National Development Plan: Home Affairs & Engineering Council of SA briefing
25 Aug 2015
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) briefed the Committee on its role in attracting foreign skills, especially critical skills, in line with the National Development Plan (NDP). Its primary mandate was to regulate the engineering profession, which it did through the registration of engineering practitioners. The ECSA’s regulations did ...
International Relations
Conflicts and insurgency in Africa & conflict resolution processes; South Africa's peace-making efforts in Lesotho, Burundi & South Sudan: Dr Vasu Gounden briefing
18 Aug 2015
The matters around President Al-Bashir’s sudden departure from the AU Summit had been due to be discussed at the meeting of 12 August but the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation said they could not be discussed because the matter was sub judice and awaiting the ruling of the ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs 4th Quarter 2014/15 Performance
17 Aug 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the Fourth Quarter Performance and Expenditure Report of 2014/2015, focussing on the Outcome of Government and the National Development Plan (NDP); the Department outcomes and related strategic objectives; an overview of progress and challenges as from January to March 2015; ...
International Relations
BRICS Summit; AU Summit outcomes: Department of International Relations & Cooperation report, in presence of Deputy Minister; Al Bashir issues deferred
12 Aug 2015
The Chairperson added an additional agenda item, taking the opportunity to make remarks about the significance of Women's Day and Women's month. The Chairperson asked the Department to report on the number of female members in international bodies, such as the AU and the UN, whilst other suggestions were that ...