The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is the foreign ministry of the South African government. It is responsible for South Africa's relationships with foreign countries and international organizations, and runs South Africa's diplomatic missions. The department is headed by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, currently Ronald Lamola. Prior to 1927, the British government attended to the external affairs of South Africa, though the latter did have its own trade commissioners that were sent to various countries. In November 1926, at the Imperial Conference, the various prime ministers of the Dominions attended, with conference negotiating what became the Balfour Declaration and an autonomy for the domains within a Commonwealth of Nations. The South Africans could now communicate with the commonwealth countries and others directly without communicating through the countries governors-general. A Department of External Affairs was created inside the prime minister's office on 1 June 1927. In 1931, the Statute of Westminster gave South Africa full sovereignty in regards to external affairs, and confirmed by the Status of the Union Act, 1934. More information...
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