DIRCO Annual Report

Programme: Regional Integration

Deviation from planned target to actual achievement 2021/22

Audited actual performance 2018/19

Audited actual performance 2019/20

Planned annual target 2020/21

**Actual achievement 2020/21

Reasons for deviations

Outcome Output

Output indicator

• South Africa became the Incoming Chair of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation. This presents an opportunity for South Africa to have a bigger influence and to make a bigger contribution towards regional policies; • As incoming Chair of the Organ, South Africa will continue to play a leading role in facilitating peace and security in the region; • Continued its mediation efforts towards the national reforms process in the Kingdom of Lesotho through various engagements and the draft discussion document on Transitional Justice Mechanism; • Supported the finalisation of a comprehensive regional response in support of the Republic of Mozambique; • Proposed the involvement of SADC in the MONUSCO exit strategy;

Department of International Relations and Cooperation

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