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Department of Tourism Budget: Committee Report
16 May 2023
In Parliament, Members of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism considered its Report on Budget Vote No. 38, and an oversight report.
The main issue of contention was whether to approve the budget of the Department of Tourism (DT), specifically the transfer to SA Tourism (SAT) while the ...
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SA Tourism developments; Tourism 2023/24 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
2 May 2023
The new Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille, in her first appearance before the Portfolio Committee briefed it on the future of the SA Tourism-Tottenham Hotspur Football Club deal, the disbanding of the SA Tourism (SAT) board and to explain her recent decision about a three-man temporary board. The ...
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Legitimacy of SA Tourism Board; with Minister
21 Feb 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism sent the South African Tourism Board packing, and told it to come back when it was legitimate to present its first and second quarter organisational performance.
The Committee's bone of contention was that due process had not been followed in appointing three new Board members. ...
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SA Tourism on Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship deal, with Minister
7 Feb 2023
The South African Tourism (SAT) Board was present for the briefing on the alleged billion rand sponsorship deal with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and the Minister was later summoned. SAT discussed its strategic rationale; the sponsorship opportunity and potential return on investment should the project go ahead. It also addressed ...
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SA Tourism Quarter 1 & 2 performance; summoning of Minister
29 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing from South African Tourism (SAT) on its performance report for the first and second quarters of the 2022/23 financial year. It reported that there had been a steady improvement globally from January to July. Europe was the best-performing region, at 26% below 2019 levels, ...
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Postponed: Introduction of new SA Tourism Board; Policy Review Process; International work done by Ministry; non-appearance of Minister; with Deputy Minister
22 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee did not allow South African Tourism (SAT) to present its second quarter performance report and other matters that were on the agenda because the Minister had once again refused to appear before the Committee, and the Committee did not accept the letter of apology from SAT's acting ...
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Minister Lindiwe Sisulu non-compliance with Committee summons
15 Nov 2022
Committee Summons (not made available)
The Committee was supposed to meet with the Minister of Tourism to discuss a number of items including: the Department’s First and Second Quarter Performance Reports for the 2022/23 financial year; the International work done by the Ministry; the process of merger of SA Tourism ...
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Postponed: SA Tourism & Brand SA merger; Introduction of new SA Tourism Board; Policy Review Process; International work done by Ministry
8 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism was meant to be briefed by the Minister of Tourism on the international work done by the Department, the merger processes of South African Tourism and Brand South Africa, the new board of SA Tourism and the process followed, and the timeframes on the policy ...
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Postponed: Brand SA & SA Tourism proposed merger
1 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism did not allow the Department of Tourism to make its presentation on progress made in the merger between SA Tourism (SAT) and Brand South Africa. This was because the Minister was not present. The Committee berated the Minister for her constant absence, despite numerous requests, ...
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South African Tourism Annual Report 2021/22
18 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism told South African Tourism (SAT) it was not excited about its annual report because the entity accounted for 74% of irregular expenditure in the tourism portfolio.
SAT reported its Annual Performance Plan (APP) had a total of 42 targets across five programmes for ...