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DIRCO & ARF 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister
21 May 2020
Video: DIRCO & ARF 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) presented the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans and its entity, the African Renaissance Fund (ARF).
Minister Naledi Pandor said that COVID-19 had caused challenges for the continuation of DIRCO’s international work. However, she ...
International Relations
2019 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report: Department responses; with Deputy Ministers
18 Mar 2020
2019 BRRR - International Relations and Cooperation
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on its responses to the Committee’s 2019/20 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). More specifically members were provided with insight into the DIRCO’s responses to the Committee’s recommendations as contained in its ...
International Relations
DIRCO on current political situation in Libya; with Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2020
The Chairperson, at the outset of the meeting, observed that the Committee was not being kept in the loop regarding international treaties that were being reviewed by other parliamentary committees. She suggested that parliament have inter-study groups on international treaties. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) was asked ...
International Relations
New York fact-finding Oversight Report
4 Mar 2020
Relevant documents: DIRCO management report on 2018/19 audit findings: follow up
The Committee considered its Draft Report on its New York fact finding oversight visit. The Chairperson took the Committee through the Draft Report firstly by way of its different parts and adopting each either with or without amendments. Thereafter ...
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DIRCO on: SA chairing the AU; outcomes of the recent AU Summit; with Minister
26 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on South Africa’s chairship of the African Union (AU) for 2020, and the outcomes of the 33rd ordinary session of the Assembly of heads of state and government of the African Union. President Ramaphosa was the new ...
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South Africa chairship of the African Union; DIRCO & ARF 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Ministers
19 Feb 2020
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of International Relations and Corporations (DIRCO), and both Deputy Ministers, for its presentation on the third quarter performance of the Department the third quarter performance of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF).
The Committee expressed how displeased it is with DIRCO’s ...
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DIRCO management report on 2018/19 audit findings: follow up with Deputy Minister
5 Feb 2020
The Committee met again about the 30 October 2019 presentation by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation that consisted of an internal DIRCO management report on the 2018/19 audit findings which should not have been made public. It appeared that no one in the DIRCO management team knew how ...
International Relations
Agreement between RSA, India & Brazil on IBSA Fund for Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger
27 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India, the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the IBSA Fund for the Alleviation ...
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DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2019/20 Quarter 1& 2 performance
20 Nov 2019
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) briefed the Committee on their performance during the first two quarters of the 2019/20 financial year.
DIRCO said it had challenges in settling invoices within the 30-day deadline, and missed achieving targets for bilateral negotiation with ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: consideration and adoption
6 Nov 2019
The Chairperson considered the present meeting to be one of the most important for the Committee as it was convened for the adoption of the Foreign Service Bill. The aim of the Bill was to have a single administration and management procedure for SA’s missions abroad. SA’s Foreign Service had ...