Committee minutes

Meeting report

The Chairperson welcomed everyone and read out the apologies.

Committee Minutes

The Chairperson indicated that the Committee would consider several sets of minutes. The Committee would go through them individually and page-by-page.

Minutes of 7 May

Mr M Maila (ANC) moved for the adoption of the minutes, and was seconded by Mr S Mokgalapa (DA).

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes of 14 March:

Mr L Mpumlwana (ANC) noted that he was absent from this meeting and requested his name be added to the list of those who were ‘absent with apologies’.

The Chairperson noted that there was a clause on page four that he found to be unclear. However, after a brief discussion between himself and Mr Mokglapa, he found clarity.

The minutes were approved with a minor amendment.

Minutes of 17 April

Mr Mokgalapa and Mr Maila both seconded these minutes, as both were present at this meeting.

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes of 25 April

Mr Mpumlwana again noted that he was absent from this meeting, and seemed to be confused as to why he was absent. He claimed that the minutes were wrong.

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes of 2 May

Members moved for the adoption of the agenda of this meeting and Mr Mpumlwana again expressed confusion over the absence of his name from the minutes.

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes 9 May

Mr D Bergman (DA) moved for the adoption of the minutes of this meeting.

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes of 16 May

The minutes were moved for adoption and seconded by Mr Bergman.

The minutes were approved with no changes,

Minutes of 23 May

Mr Bergman moved in favour of adoption of the minutes.

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes of 30 May

Ms R Lesoma (ANC) moved for the adoption of the minutes. The spelling of a name was noted as wrong, and another name was repeated twice.

The minutes were approved with a minor amendment,

Minutes of 31 May

Ms Lesoma declared that she knew why Mr Mpumlwana’s name was absent from the attendance list, but wished to sort it out with him at another time, separate from this meeting. Ms Lesoma moved for adoption and this was seconded.

Ms Lesoma said that she did not understand why Mr Mpumlwana’s apology was not included in the minutes, as both he and two other members had sent apologies but only Mr Mpumlwana’s was missing from the minutes. She asked for administration to be made aware of this.

The minutes were approved with no changes.

Minutes of 6 June

Ms Lesoma moved for adoption of the minutes, while noting the misspelling of Dr Mkhize’s name.

The minutes were approved with a minor amendment.

Minutes of 7 June

Ms Lesoma moved for adoption, again noting the misspelling of a Dr Mkhize’s name and the word ‘advocate’. Mr Bergman seconded this.

The minutes were approved with a minor amendment.

Minutes of 22 August

There was a sentence structure change made, and the minutes were then adopted.

Ms Lesoma noted that a specific document about “responsible writing” had not been sent to the members, and that she wished for someone to follow this up.

The minutes were approved with a minor amendment.

Minutes of 29 August

Mr Maila moved to adopt these minutes, which was seconded by Mr Bergman.

The minutes were approved with a minor amendment.

The Chairperson indicated that the Foreign Service Bill was referred to the parties for consultation and discussion would continue when Parliament resumed in the new term, which started on 9 October. The issue of “the mandate” was briefly discussed, however no decisions were made about it. The Chairperson stated that the ANC leadership is going to inform the party of its decision regarding what mandate of the Foreign Service Bill they will decide upon.

The Chairperson noted that Parliament would be closing this week and reopening on 9 October.

The meeting was adjourned.