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Department of Home Affairs on 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
3 Nov 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its first quarter expenditure and performance report for the 2015/16 financial year. It indicated that it was on track in terms of issuing and granting smart ID cards and passports, and clearing travellers. With regard to people visiting South Africa, ...
Home Affairs
Local Government: Electoral Amendment Bill [B22-2015]: public submissions and response by the Electoral Commission; Home Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss public submissions on the Local Government: Electoral Amendment Bill [B22-2015]. A submission from the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs suggested that an amendment be made to the definition of “authorised ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budget Review and Recommendations
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee tabled, discussed and adopted its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
A Member expressed concern that the report showed that all targets had been met. However, during its presentation, the Department had said that it was still experiencing challenges when ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The AGSA briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the performance and financial reports of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance Fund for the financial year 2014/15.The lack in improvement in the overall audit outcomes was due to the DIRCO receiving a qualified ...
Home Affairs
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 ...