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Foreign Service

Bill Number: B35B-2015Act Number: 26 of 2019

Status

Bill Status

Bill

Memorandum PDF
Original [part 1]
Bill A [part 1]
Bill B [part 1]

Draft Bill

Draft bill full text

Published in GG 39211 of 17 September 2015

Year of publication

2015

Publication for comment (draft bill)

Published in GG 39211 of 17 September 2015

Explanatory Summary

Published in GG 39211 of 17 September 2015

Parliamentary Documents

Date	Type	Title
2016-03-18	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department Briefing
2016-05-26	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department Briefing
2016-11-29	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Public Works
2016-11-29	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Public Service & Administration
2017-02-28	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Home Affairs
2017-03-03	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Trade and Industry
2017-03-29	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: NEHAWU
2017-03-29	Briefing Paper	Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: National Treasury
2017-10-20	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department on Public Works
2017-10-20	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Public Service and Administration
2017-10-25	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: National Schools of Government
2017-10-31	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Tourism
2017-10-31	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Science and Technology
2017-11-14	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Higher Education and Training
2017-11-21	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: SARS
2017-11-21	Briefing Paper	Input on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: Department of Cooperative Governance
2018-11-27	Committee Report	Report of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation on the Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015], dated 22 November 2018
2019-03-22	Committee Report	Report of the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations on the Foreign Service Bill [B35B-2015], dated 20 March 2019

Further Information

Sabinet Monitoring Articles

Foreign Service Bill Returned to NA		2019-04-03
Comment Sought on Foreign Service Bill		2019-02-21
Foreign Service Bill Sent to NCOP		2018-12-07
Parliament Calls for Comment on Foreign Service Bill		2016-08-25
Foreign Service Bill Tabled in Parliament		2015-11-05
Draft Foreign Service Bill Published for Comment		2015-09-25

News Articles

Ramaphosa Signs Law to Clean Up South Africa’s Embassies	SA People	2020-06-06
NCOP in final dash to conclude its business	Business Day	2019-03-28
13 Bills, including Carbon Tax, NCOP members are considering this week	Eyewitness News	2019-03-25
Foreign Service Bill to Be Sent Back to Committee for Further Consideration	Parliament	2019-03-20
Committee deliberates Foreign Service Bill	Polity.org.za	2018-06-01
Treasury opposes Foreign Service Bill	BusinessDay	2017-03-30

Speeches and Statements (Non parliamentary)

Committee on International Relations Satisfied with Progress on Foreign Service Bill	Parliament	2018-06-01
NEHAWU rejects Foreign Service Bill	COSATU	2017-03-30
Parliament on successful Foreign Service Bill seminar	GCIS	2017-01-25
International Relations and Cooperation Committee to host seminar on Bill amid concerns about misrepresenting Foreign Policy	Polity.org.za	2017-01-19
Parliament extends deadline for written submissions on Foreign Services Bill of 2016	GCIS	2016-09-07

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