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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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
8 Sep 2015
The Deputy Minister of Public Works presented the latest version of the Expropriation Bill, with some amendments that had been proposed by the Committee or other commentators at earlier sessions. Members firstly wanted to clarify whether this Bill was not preventing other spheres of government from exercising expropriation powers, and ...
Tourism
Importance of Heritage Sites in Tourism Development: South African Heritage Resources Agency briefing
4 Sep 2015
The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) briefed the Committee on the importance of heritage sites in tourism development. The SAHRA was established in terms of Section 11 of the National Heritage Resources Act No.25 of 1999 (NHRA), which outlined an integrated interactive system for the management of the national ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: deliberations with Deputy Minister
1 Sep 2015
The Bill incorporating the proposed amendments was not yet ready so the Deputy Minister discussed with the Committee some of the proposed changes to the Bill that had been agreed upon so far.
Members raised concerns about the variation in judgements in Magistrates Courts; the potential definition of expropriation; definition ...
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. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Green Buildings Framework: Public Works briefing with Deputy Minister
11 Aug 2015
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works apologised for his inability to attend the meeting and was replaced by a member his political party, with the approval of Members of the Committee.
The Department of Public Works presented its report on the Green Building Programme, instead of the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: public hearings with Deputy Minister in attendance Day 2
29 Jul 2015
Documents handed out:
Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry
South African Geomatics Institute
Agri SA supported orderly land reform - equitable land distribution is a prerequisite for rural stability and inclusive rural development. Agri-SA believed that expropriation should only be used as a last resort where negotiations fail. There needed ...
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expanded Public Works Programme Phase 3 Roll-Out: Public Works progress report
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) contextualised the performance levels of provinces and municipalities within various employment sectors on Phase 3 of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The overall annual targets stretched from the 2014/15 to 2018/19.
The DPW outlined the number of projects/sites as well as work opportunities ...
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 ...