Politician Profile Page
Tourism
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust and Deputy Minister on IDT's way forward
26 Aug 2014
With the Public Works Deputy Minister in attendance, the IDT presented its Strategic Plan for the period 2014/15-2018/19. The presentation focused on the current restructuring of the organisation which had been sparked by the almost complete depletion of their endowment funds. Until the financial crisis, IDT had implemented its projects ...
Tourism
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council for the Built Environment on its 2014 Strategic Plan: follow-up meeting
19 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed on the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), with the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Council in attendance. The meeting was a continuation of a previously unfinished meeting.
Members heard that key risks included the dependency on third ...
Tourism
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Council for the Built Environment on their 2014 Strategic plans, in presence of Deputy Minister
29 Jul 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) presented its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2014/15, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Public Works. CIDB had a strong focus on making amendments to regulations, particularly to identify and effect further improvements to contractor registration criteria, taking into account the ...
Tourism
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Public Works 201 Budget
10 Jul 2014
The Committee met to consider the draft budget report and adopt it. The Members proposed that certain information be added to the report to make it clearer to the reader when the meeting with the Department happened and which entities were within the Department and what legislation governed those entities. ...
Tourism
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Processing of budget votes, Role Clarification, Department's Strategic Plan: briefings by Committee Secretary, Researcher and Content Advisor
1 Jul 2014
The Committee Secretary, the Committee Researcher and the Content Advisor present on clarification of the Portfolio Committee’s role, the process it was expected to follow when dealing with the budget votes, as well as on the legacy left behind by the previous Committee. Oversight issues that had emerged during the ...
Tourism
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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Election of Chairperson
24 Jun 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works met to elect its Chairperson. Mr B Martins (ANC) was elected unopposed as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. Mr Martins urged Members to work together and set aside their political differences so as to prioritize on serving the South African citizens. ...