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 …show more content…
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
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 …show more content…
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