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Local Government support for tourism development in SA: briefing by Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
7 Nov 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCOGTA) briefed the Committee on local government support of tourism development in SA. Areas of emphasis included the legislative and policy context, including the Constitution and the White Paper on Local Government, and the link between local government and economic development. The ...
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Tourism Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). In the interest of time the Committee Content Advisor briefly took the Committee through the Report, with greater emphasis being placed on deliberations by Members on the recommendations contained in the Report. Overall there seemed to be agreement amongst ...
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National Department of Tourism & SA Tourism on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
24 Oct 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2013/14.
Minister Derek Hanekom pointed out that SA’s international tourist figures had increased by 4.7% and almost reached the 10 million mark in 2013 despite the slow economic recovery. The NDT was the custodian of the National Tourism ...
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National Heritage, Cultural & Rural Tourism Strategies: briefing by National Department of Tourism
19 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its National Heritage and Cultural Tourism Strategy, as well as its National Rural Tourism Strategy. The focus of the NDT at present was to ensure that the eight world heritage sites found in SA remained on the United Nations Educational, Scientific ...
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Social Responsibility Implementation programme: Department of Tourism on briefing
12 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its Social Responsibility Implementation programme. At the outset of the meeting members were provided with a broad overview. The Committee was informed that it was common practise for upfront payments to be made to project implementers on Expanded Public Works Programme ...
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Tourism Incentive Programme: Department of Tourism briefing
5 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP). In 2011 the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had transferred a unit that had dealt with tourism incentives to the NDT. The unit had been involved in the DTI’s Tourism Support Programme (TSP). In ...
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National Tourism Sector Strategy: Department of Tourism briefing; Committee's Second Term Programme
22 Aug 2014
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). Cabinet had approved the NTSS on the 3 March 2011. The aim of the NTSS was to assist in making SA one of the top 20 tourism destinations in the world by 2020. Some ...
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South African Tourism key programmes; Committee programme
1 Aug 2014
South African Tourism (SAT) briefed the Committee on its work, its key programmes, and how it operated, noting also that SAT primarily tried to achieve government’s objectives as set out in the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). It was SAT’s task to market South Africa in such a way to ...
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Committee Report on Department of Tourism 2014 Strategic Plan
11 Jul 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Committee Report on the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the National Department of Tourism for 2014/15 to 2018/19.
The Committee Content Adviser provided an overview of the draft report, noting that he would highlight only the key issues which had emanated from discussions in ...
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National Department of Tourism, and SA Tourism, 2014 Strategic & Annual Performance Plans, in presence of Minister and Deputy Minister
4 Jul 2014
The Minister and Deputy Minister of Tourism attended and contributed to the briefing by the National Department of Tourism (NDT) on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans 2014/15 to 2018/19. In his introductory remarks, the Minister noted the alignment between the National Development Plan, particularly its emphasis on employment, and ...
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Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
The Committee met briefly to elect a chairperson. Ms B Ngcobo (ANC) was elected unopposed. Members were informed that the Committee’s meetings would take place on Friday’s. The DA objected to this and asked for this to be shifted to Tuesday’s instead. The Chairperson explained that the day had been ...