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International Relations
SA Foreign Policy issues; Meeting with South African Council on International Relations
16 Nov 2016
A delegation from the South African Council on International Relations (SACOIR) met with the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation to discuss the recent US election and its impact on South Africa’s foreign policy. Though the US election was only briefly discussed, the delegation gave a detailed account of ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12-2016]: public hearings
15 Nov 2016
Legal entities and non-governmental organisations with an interest in the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees in South Africa made representations to the Committee as part of the public hearings on the Refugees Amendment Bill.
An immigration lawyer who provides legal advice on immigration and refugee law in South Africa, presented ...
International Relations
Engagement with Chinese youth diplomats to exchange views on promoting South Africa-China friendship and relations
9 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met with a 23-person delegation from the People’s Republic of China. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on promoting the South Africa-China friendship and bilateral relationship. The young diplomats were given a thorough briefing on the history of cooperation between ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations; Constitutional Court ruling on search and seizure without a warrant
8 Nov 2016
The Chairperson noted that the letter sent to the National Treasury for compensation of employees was responded to and the response was immediately sent to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to consider and it was expecting the DHA to brief the Committee on that response. He noted that there ...
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 ...
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 ...
Home Affairs
State Information Technology Agency services to Home Affairs, with Deputy Minister
6 Sep 2016
A joint sitting of the Committees on Home Affairs and on Telecommunications and Postal Services were briefed by the Department of Home Affairs and the State Information Technology Agency.
The Department of Home Affairs said it was facing network connectivity issues. Its presentation spoke to the State Information Technology Agency's ...
Home Affairs
Status and collaboration at harbours and participation in protecting the ocean economy: Department of Home Affairs briefing
30 Aug 2016
The Committee in the absence of the Chairperson elected Mr D Gumede (ANC) as Acting Chairperson.
The briefing kicked off with a brief background. SA was bordered by the ocean on three sides with a coastline of approximately 3924km. Members were provided with insight into SA’s marine jurisdiction in terms ...