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Virtual Oversight: Germany; Senegal; Botswana, Saudi Arabia missions
25 Oct 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) said this all comes back to what has been discussed about previous oversight, there is a lack of accountability in DIRCO. What was the Department doing while these building were falling apart? The Committee knows the Department has a team that does oversight on DIRCO properties. ...
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DIRCO & ARF Quarter 3 & 4 2020/21 performance; Update on consequence management
2 Sep 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) hoped there will be fruitful engagements with the Chairperson in the interest of all South Africans. This was the third consecutive meeting where the Acting Director-General (DG) was not present. He said this matter must be taken seriously as the Committee on many accounts raised the ...
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Update on consequence management cases; DIRCO & ARF Quarter 3&4 2020/21 performance
25 Aug 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) reminded Members of the bullish manner in which the Minister directed the Committee to report her to the Speaker of the National Assembly during a previous meeting. He said that the leadership of the DIRCO was treating Members as if they were part of a “
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DIRCO’s takeover of custodianship of state owned properties abroad:: DIRCO & DPSA briefing
18 Aug 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) asked how the Department had arrived at the decision on which properties they would dispose of, and what criteria were used to finalise these properties. A lot of people who were involved with the New York pilot project were still dealing with property within DIRCO. People ...
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Virtual Oversight with Missions in Germany; Senegal; Botswana & Saudi Arabia
2 Jun 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) said this all comes back to what has been discussed about previous oversight, there is a lack of accountability in DIRCO. What was the Department doing while these building were falling apart? The Committee knows the Department has a team that does oversight on DIRCO properties. ...
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Virtual oversight report to 11 South African Missions abroad
26 May 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) said that he will save his comments for the Portfolio Committee meeting, but he reflected on three parts that had been covered. He asked whether the representatives from France were given the documents that they were unaware of when the Committee cross-questioned them. The Committee had ...
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Virtual oversight on Vacant state owned properties
18 Mar 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) stated that he was partially covered by those who had spoken before him. The property development section was either
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Virtual oversight on cash missions
17 Mar 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) asked whether the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Mr Caiphus Ramashau, was present in this meeting, since the meeting was dealing with cash missions.
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Relocation of two missions in New York: DIRCO update
16 Mar 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) stated that he also wanted to hear the response from the Acting DG. The previous meeting had to be called off – that was the first meeting that the Acting DG would have been present at and the Committee was not told that she would not ...
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South Africa’s performance during its dual tenure at UNSC & AU: DIRCO briefing
3 Mar 2021
Mr M Chetty (DA) agreed and said DIRCO gave no reason why the Acting DG could not attend today’s meeting. He said the problems run deep in DIRCO and it was only reasonable that the Acting DG attend this meeting.
