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South African Tourism Annual Report 2021/22
18 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism told South African Tourism (SAT) it was not excited about its annual report because the entity accounted for 74% of irregular expenditure in the tourism portfolio.
SAT reported its Annual Performance Plan (APP) had a total of 42 targets across five programmes for ...
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Department of Tourism Annual Report 2021/22; with Deputy Minister
11 Oct 2022
Members of the Committee criticised officials of the Department of Tourism for not reporting satisfactorily about its challenges in meeting its performance targets. This as the Department presented its 2021/22 Annual Report to the Committee.
The Committee heard that total expenditure by the Department has amounted to 99.7 percent ...
Tourism
Tourism Portfolio Audit Outcomes
11 Oct 2022
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) reported the overall audit outcome for the Tourism Portfolio has improved from the prior year.
The National Department of Tourism (Department, NDT) and South African Tourism (SAT) received unqualified audit opinions, with findings on compliance with key legislation. The improvement in the audit outcome ...
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National intervention to prevent attacks on long-distance bus operators: SAPS briefing; with Minister
20 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the South African Police Service (SAPS) on the national intervention to prevent attacks on long-distance bus operators, which had negative implications for domestic and foreign tourism in South Africa.
The SAPS presented the National ...
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National intervention to prevent attacks on long-distance bus operators: DoT briefing; with Minister
13 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Transport (DoT) on the attacks on long-distance bus operators, and was told that extortion had become institutionalised in the public transport space, where the taxi industry was the main culprit. The Minister said this had become a ...
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SA Tourism Q3 & 4 2021/22 Performance
6 Sep 2022
South African Tourism (SAT) noted amongst its achievements for Quarter 3 and 4 of 2021/22 that it had exceeded its targets on international and regional tourist arrivals, domestic holiday trips and Rand value of domestic holiday direct spend. The tourism activation at the Dubai World Expo 2020 was also ...
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Department of Tourism Quarter 3 & 4 2021/22 Performance
30 Aug 2022
PMG was not present at the meeting.
Tourism
Taxi Violence & Ongoing attacks on long distance bus services: INTERCAPE Bus Service briefing
23 Aug 2022
The Intercape Bus Service (Intercape) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on its perspectives regarding incidents of violence in the long-distance transport sector. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) sent through a briefing, but was unable to attend the meeting.
Intercape outlined the nature of the attacks on ...
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Tourism Infrastructure Projects & DBSA MOU; with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2022
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The National Department of Tourism (NDT) and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) gave an overview of the Memorandum of Agreement between the two parties for the 2020/21 to 2022/23 financial years with the DBSA acting as an implementing agent for the NDT in 78 tourism projects for which ...
Tourism
Resolution Tracking Tool; Committee Performance Plan & Study Tour
31 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee finalised and adopted the Committee Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2022/23 and its Strategic Plan. Research had been provided to guide the Committee on the choice of a country for a benchmarking study tour. Committee members deliberated on which country to prioritise and the ...