The Dalai Lama Controversy

Dalai lama Visa Controversy
1: referring to the Dalai Lama controversy case study, issues depicted was the following:
• South Africa as a Soviet country should not be told how to act, who is allowed to attend certain events and who aren’t allowed, the country is meant to be independent and should be able to make decisions for themselves.
• No reason for the denial of the visa was given, leaving the country to be suspicious and to make matters worse the government contradicted each other for example: DIRCO minister admitted to receiving the application and that it was under process (Van der Westhuizen, Dissertation, 2014) while Home Affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said, “We checked again and we can confirm that there hasn’t been any application. (Essop, 2011)

2: with the outcome leading to dalai lama not being able to
obtain his visa, many things were interrupted as many laureates pulled out of the event (SA Nobel Peace summit cancelled - reports, 2014). This had a great impact on the country as the president allowed citizens of South Africa to feel as though they are not part of a Soviet country, to feel as though if under the right circumstances other countries can dictate who would be allowed to enter the country and who not. this affected not only the foreign policy but also affected human rights, Health Minister Barbara Hogan accused the government of being ‘dismissive’ of human rights. (Van der Westhuizen, 2014)

The Arms procurement package
1.
Different branches involved and their roles.
• Standing Committee on public management (SCOPA): ensures that institutions with access to state funding are financially accountable for the operations.
• Auditor General: provides SCOPA with reports in order for SCOPA to ensure that states funding are accounted for.
• Public protector: investigates complaints against government agencies and officials and they have the authority to recommend corrective action and to issue reports. No person or organization of state has any say about this because they’re independent and only subjected to the constitution and law.
• The national prosecuting authorities (NPA): The NPA has two roles, one which involves helping victims(if there are victims) by prosecution and other means while the other way is finding ways in which they can prevent any form of victimization (Matthews)
• Special Investigating Unit: the roles involve reducing any form of corruption, malpractice, and maladministration. They want to rid the state of any unlawful acts mentioned above. (Special investigations unit, 2016)

2. Why is the case considered
complex
• the main reason as to why case became so complex is because of the large amount of different branches that had to be involved. Each branch had to report to other branches involved which made it a timely investigation and the possibility of conflict was increased between the different branches as well as the non co-operation. 3. The outcome of the case and its influence on the branches of government.
• Only institutions approved by the executive which was only the branches mentioned in chapter 9 of the Constitution participated in the investigation, that included the Directorate of Special Operations, the Auditor General, and the public protector. These Branches addressed issues such as the quality of Strategic Defences as well as issues related to unethical conduct of public officials. Usually when corruption and unethical practices concerning public officials the special investigation unit would be included in the investigations however since sui is not part of the chapter 9 constitution they were not allowed to take part,