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Home Affairs
DHA on total number of children travelling into & out of SA & citizens’ related ability to obtain unabridged birth certificates; Municipal Delimitation Board on preparations for 2016 municipal elections
26 May 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the new immigration regulations regarding the travel of children in and out of South Africa. Regulations were initially to come into effect on 26 May 2014, but in order to enable travellers to prepare for the implementation of the regulation ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B19-2015]: Adoption of Memorandum for Committee to introduce this Bill
19 May 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the consequences that might occur if the Committee failed to comply with the Constitutional Court order in time. She said that the reading-in remedy in the section 21(5) of the Refugees Act, 1998 would come to an end on 26 September 2015 ...
Home Affairs
Regional Integration and Regional Migration Trends: Home Affairs, IOM & African Centre for Migration & Society briefing
5 May 2015
Three entities briefed the Committee on regional integration and regional migration trends. The International Organisation on Migration (IOM) placed a particular focus on demographics, push factors, facilitating factors, inhibiting factors, and exacerbating factors. The brief was centred on the countries of DRC, Somalia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia ...
Home Affairs
Violence against foreign nationals: Police/Home Affairs report with Home Affairs Deputy Minister & Small Business Development Minister
28 Apr 2015
Document awaited: National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure Report on violence against foreign nationals
The Departments of Police, Home Affairs and Small Business Development briefed a joint meeting of the Home Affairs, Police, International Relations and Cooperation, Justice and Small Business Development Portfolio Committees about the recent attacks against foreign ...
Home Affairs
Using Banks for Smart ID Card applications; Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) challenges & recommendations: briefing by Department of Home Affairs
21 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the use of banks for people to apply for Smart ID Cards, the challenges and recommendations to deal with these challenges. The DHA also briefed the Committee on the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), ...
International Relations
Department of International Relations and Cooperation on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plan & African Renaissance & International Cooperation Fund, with Deputy Minister
15 Apr 2015
DIRCO said SA hosts the second largest number of foreign representation in the world and had a current global footprint of 125 missions. The changing global environment impacted upon the execution of DIRCO’s mandate which also had to be aligned with the National Development Plan. Regional integration was important on ...
International Relations
Department of International Relations and Cooperation & African Renaissance Fund Strategic and Annual Plan: Analysis by Content Advisor; Implications of national budget for DIRCO: Departmental analysis
25 Mar 2015
The Content Advisor for the Committee on International Relations and Cooperation briefed the Committee on the key issues emanating from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Strategic Plan 2015-2019 and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16, as also the plans for the African Renaissance Fund. She set out, in detail, ...
Home Affairs
Independent Electoral Commission & Government Printing Works on their 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan
24 Mar 2015
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
One of the main challenges faced by the IEC was office accommodation. Municipalities were increasingly no longer in a position to provide (free or paid) accommodation to Electoral Commission staff since they had no spare capacity. Also due to the maturing of South Africa’s democracy and ...
International Relations
African Renaissance Fund; 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance; Lesotho, Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia election outcomes: briefing by Department of International Relations & Cooperation; National Coalition on Palestine petition; Israel elections: with Deputy Minister
18 Mar 2015
With the Deputy Minister Llewellyn Landers present, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on the outcomes of elections in Lesotho, Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Mauritius and Mozambique. Members were provided with details on when each country’s elections took place, what the atmosphere during the elections ...
Home Affairs
Deputy Minister and Auditor General on Home Affairs Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 & audit finding action plan
17 Mar 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The brief included factors to be considered by the Committee when dealing with performance monitoring, a review of DHA 2015/16 APP and a review of its previous ...