1. During the 2021/2022 cycle, Ambassador Mfeketo was on annual leave for 24 days, (18 October – 12 November 2021 = 20 days, and 28 December – 31 December 2021 = 4 days compulsory leave).
The Ambassador was also on sick leave for 39 days: 06 - 10 March 2023 = 5 days; 11 - 16 April 2023 = 4 days and 17 April – ...
None of the passengers aboard the chartered aircraft to Warsaw, Poland, on 15 and 16 June 2023 were officials of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO).
More »The 4th Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment (ARDWE), held virtually from 13-17 in December 2021, inaugurated the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and Early Action Situation Room for Disaster Risk Reduction. It was recognised that the establishment of the Situation Room could play a key role in contributing towards reducing disaster mortalities ...
South Africa supports the implementation of the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections through the work of the SADC Electoral Advisory Council (SEAC). SADC deployed a SEAC Pre-Election Assessment Goodwill Mission to the Republic of Zimbabwe, from 12-19 April 2023, to conduct a pre-election assessment for the upcoming 23 August 2023 harmonised elections. A comprehensive report on the outcomes of the SEAC Goodwill ...
1. (a) The target audience for the specified reports are the following:
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
The Deputy Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation
The Director-General of International Relations and Cooperation
Deputy Directors-General
Chief Directors
Internal Audit
Audit Committee
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation.
(b) The total cost of producing the reports cannot be quantified in monetary terms ...
The reference to “increased Foreign Direct Investment into Africa on terms defined by Africans….”, addressed the notion of “Conditionalities to Aid”, underlining the imperative for Africa to focus on the continental challenges of poverty, low skills levels and weak industrial capacity “on its own terms and not through the terms defined by someone else. In this context, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) ...
The Department’s statement on the conflict in Sudan is in line with the statements issued by the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) and the international community as a whole. Similarly, South Africa’s statement on the war in Ukraine has been consistent with the statements by a number of countries, including international organisations. South Africa has consistently called for the peaceful resolution to ...
More »The Department is not involved in the KARPOWERSHIP deal between South Africa and Türkiye. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is better suited to answer in detail the question related to the deal with KARPOWERSHIP and Türkiye.
More »South Africa is a party to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court (ICC), a multilateral organisation that relies on inter-state cooperation to ensure peace and justice.
South Africa is also a member of BRICS which was founded upon, inter alia, the shared commitment to restructure the global political, economic, and financial architecture to be fair, balanced and representative, resting on ...