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Immigration Regulations: IMC progress report; South African Tourism Review Report: Minister of Tourism briefing
6 Nov 2015
Mr Derek Hanekom, Minister of Tourism, briefed the Committee on the SA Tourism (SAT) Review Report. The scope of the Review covered SAT’s mandate, the strategy and performance of SAT, governance and organisational structure of SAT, stakeholder relations and the role of SAT in relation to other entities responsible for ...
Tourism
iSiMangaliso Wetland Park briefing
30 Oct 2015
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority briefed the Committee on its background and activities.
In 1999 the Park was inscribed into the World Heritage List. It was considered a huge achievement and as a World Heritage Site needed to have outstanding universal value. Even the Kruger National Park was not declared ...
Energy
Committee Oversight Reports
27 Oct 2015
Documents handed out
Committee Oversight visit on Gauteng and North West Province
Committee Oversight visit on Free State Province
Committee Oversight visit on Eskom Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
[All Reports available once published on ATC]
The Portfolio Committee on Energy met to consider and adopt outstanding oversight reports. All ...
Tourism
Domestic Tourism: South African Tourism briefing
11 Sep 2015
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) briefed the Committee on its Domestic Tourism Marketing Strategy. The purpose of the briefing was to ensure that all questions pertaining to domestic tourism were dealt with. An executive summary of the Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan of SA Tourism was presented. The Committee ...
Tourism
Domestic Tourism: National Department of Tourism briefing
20 Aug 2015
Domestic tourism covered travelling locally with the purpose of visiting friends and relatives or for religious, business, holiday and medical purposes. Members were given insight into two surveys done by SA Tourism and StatsSA on domestic tourism. The surveys differed in sample, scope, variables and the period of the surveys. ...
Energy
Strategic Fuel Stocks & Storage Facilities: Department of Energy & Strategic Fuel Fund briefing, with Deputy Minister present
17 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy received a briefing from the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) on the strategic fuel stocks policy, and the current situation regarding strategic fuel stocks and storage facilities.
The DoE said the management of liquid fuels within the Department was split ...
Tourism
South African Tourism 3rd & 4th quarter 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance; 2015 Indaba Tourism Report
14 Aug 2015
Mr Thulani Nzima Chief Executive Officer, South African Tourism (SAT) reported that SAT and the tourism industry had experienced some challenges. There was the belief that SA was unsafe due to the outbreak of Ebola in some parts of Africa. Xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals also did not help matters. ...
Tourism
Committee Report on Tourism Indaba 2015; Tourism Portfolio Committee Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16
25 Jun 2015
The Chairperson informed Members about the cancellation of the Eastern Cape oversight visit due to her deployment to the Ad Hoc Committee considering the Police Minister’s report on the Nkandla upgrades. Some Members felt that the oversight visit was vitally important and should not be cancelled. Members were notified that ...
Tourism
South Africa’s tourism statistics: Statistics South Africa (Stats-SA) briefing; Third Term Committee Programme; Committee Budget Vote Report and Draft Tourism Indaba Report
19 Jun 2015
The Committee considered its Draft Third Term Programme 2015. It was agreed that necessary changes reflecting the inputs made by Members would be incorporated into the Programme that would be adopted at another time. The Committee also considered its Budget Vote Report and also deferred its adoption. Committee Minutes dated ...
Tourism
Initiatives undertaken to improve tourism growth and development: Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) briefing
12 Jun 2015
PMG did not attend this meeting. The meeting was held outside of Parliament.