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Public Service and Administration
30-day payment of valid invoices to service providers; Public Administration Laws General Amendment Bill
21 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Public Service Commission on the 30-day payment of valid invoices by government to the service providers in the public service.
The Commission reported that there were 36 000 invoices for the last quarter of 2021/2022, and 29 000 in ...
Tourism
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 ...
Tourism
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 ...
Tourism
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 ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Administration Laws General Amendment Bill: public hearings; Bill deemed undesirable
31 Aug 2022
The Committee held public hearings on the Public Administration Laws General Amendment Bill, a Private Member's Bill proposed on 8 June 2022 by Dr L Schreiber (DA). The submissions mostly agreed with the Bill, and elaborated on its importance in enhancing the public service. Emphasis was placed on cadre ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism Quarter 3 & 4 2021/22 Performance
30 Aug 2022
PMG was not present at the meeting.
Public Service and Administration
DPSA briefing on discipline management: effective management and challenges with regards to senior management; with Deputy Minister
24 Aug 2022
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Public Service and Administration to be briefed on discipline management in the public service and challenges in implementing it at senior management level.
Officials told the Committee that discipline management was neither effective nor efficient. The backlog in misconduct cases had ...
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 ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Administration Laws General A/Bill: input by DA MP Schreiber & Presidency; DPSA & PSC briefing on Public Service A/Bill, Public Administration Management Bill & Public Service Commission Bill; with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to be briefed by Dr L Schreiber (DA) on the Public Administration Laws and General Amendment (PALGA) Bill, which he had drafted and sponsored.
He told the Committee that the Bill sought to prohibit political office-bearers from employment in the public service. ...
Tourism
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 ...