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Litigation against Department of Home Affairs
7 Nov 2017
A delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the status of litigation against the Department. It provided examples of several cases in which the Department was currently involved, and highlighted that some of the cases were the result of legislation being regarded as unconstitutional. The ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: Labour, Agriculture & Health Departments Input
1 Nov 2017
Comments on the Foreign Service Bill 2015 were received from the Department of Labour, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Department of Health.
The Department of Labour’s comments were premised on the its experience and interaction with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in order to provide ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: Departments of Tourism & Science and Technology input
25 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Tourism and the Department of Science and Technology on the Foreign Service Bill.
The Department of Tourism supported the objective of creating an enabling administrative and management framework through which the Foreign Service would be managed and regulated in a consolidated and ...
Home Affairs
White Paper on Migration: border refugee processing facilities: implementation by Home Affairs
24 Oct 2017
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on implementing the White Paper on International Migration including establishing one stop border posts (OSBP) and refugee processing farcicalities closer to the border.
The DHA noted that in the 2016/17 financial year, it produced the White Paper on International Migration (WPIM) which ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: Department of Public Works, DPSA, NSG & PSC input
20 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), Department of Public Works (DPW) and National School of Government on the Foreign Service Bill.
The Department of Public Works was directly affected by clause 8 of the Foreign Service Bill. The misgivings expressed in respect of ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2017
The 2017 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) was reviewed by the Committee.
During the review of the report, marriages that occurred outside of South Africa were highlighted. R204 million owed to the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) by the Department was unused and was not in the Reserve Bank as ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs BRRR; Committee Report on Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape oversight; Memorandum in support of migrants and Refugees from Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town, with Minister
17 Oct 2017
In the presence of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs considered and adopted the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) 2017 and the Oversight Report to Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape as well as considered the memorandum ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs & entities Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
10 Oct 2017
The Committee Content Advisor briefed the Committee on the Draft Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (DHA) on Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report – 2017/18 Financial Year (the Draft Report). He took the Committee through a 37 page Draft Report and noted that the Committee met with the Auditor General South ...
International Relations
DIRCO + African Renaissance Fund 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund to receive a briefing on their 2016/17 Annual reports.
In her preliminary remarks, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation apologised to the Committee for failing ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2016/17 Annual Report, with AGSA input; Foreign Service Bill: consultation process
4 Oct 2017
The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on the progress made by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in meeting its medium term strategic framework (MTSF) targets for the 2014 to 2019 period. While the main emphasis was on Outcome 11 of the National ...