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Tourism
Update on DBSA & SA National Parks facilities projects; with Deputy Minister
27 Mar 2024
In Parliament, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by South African National Parks (SANParks) and the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) on all the projects these two entities had implemented on behalf of the Department of Tourism.
SANParks reported on its infrastructure-related projects and maintenance programme. Members were taken through ...
Small Business Development
Committee Legacy Report; Committee 2023 Annual Report
27 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the Legacy Report covering its activities during the Sixth Parliament.
The draft recommended that the Seventh Parliament should develop a tool that could facilitate, monitor and track the responses by the Executive to the Committee's recommendations and ...
Tourism
SA Tourism Q3 2023/24 Performance; Introduction of new SAT Board Members; with Minister
20 Mar 2024
South African Tourism’s (SAT’s) newly appointed board members inherited a legacy of poor corporate governance of which previous board members were viewed as guilty. This was said by the Portfolio Committee on Tourism when it engaged on South African Tourism (SAT’s) third quarter performance. There was discussion around transformation, lack ...
Small Business Development
Update on Committee resolutions emanating from the oversight visits
20 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee of Small Business Development convened virtually to consider a briefing by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) on the status of issues raised by the Committee during its oversight visit to the North West province.
SEFA's presentation focused on implementing the Committee's recommendation concerning the Spaza ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism Q3 2023/24 Performance; with Ministry
12 Mar 2024
In Parliament, the National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its performance in the third quarter of the 2023/23 financial year. The Department reported that it had achieved 48 of 54 targets overall.
The Committee was given details of projects being implemented under the Department's destination development programme. Members ...
Small Business Development
Cannabis and Hemp Industry: Challenges and Opportunities
6 Mar 2024
The meeting focused on opportunities and challenges faced by small-scale cannabis and hemp farming industry, as highlighted in the briefing by Hemp 4 Life, House for Hemp and South African Health Products Regulatory Agency (SAHPRA). Key points included:
• No start-up funding: Land Bank funding requires a water licence ...
Tourism
Committee Legacy Report
5 Mar 2024
The Committee convened physically to adopt its legacy report encompassing the Committee’s work and activities in the Sixth Parliament, 2014-2019.
Small Business Development
DSBD, SEFA and SEDA Q2 &3 of 2023/24 Performance
28 Feb 2024
The Department of Small Business Development and its entities, the Small Enterprises Development Agency (SEDA) and Small Enterprises Finance Agency (SEFA), met with the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting to present their respective performances in the second and third quarters of the 2023/24 financial year. Generally, the 2nd ...
Small Business Development
Election of Chairperson; 2024 First Term Committee Programme; Germany Study Tour Report
21 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met to deal with several in-house matters, including the election of a chairperson and the consideration of its official documents.
The position of Committee Chairperson had been vacant since the passing of former Chairperson, Ms V Siwela (ANC). ...
Small Business Development
National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: adoption
5 Dec 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development convened to finalise the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill. The Bill provides for the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency; to ensure the provision of financial and non-financial support services to small enterprises; to promote the development of sustainable and ...