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South African Tourism 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by South African Tourism (SAT) on its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget allocation for 2022/23.
SAT reported that the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and its effects have decimated the ability of many of the prioritised source markets to travel to ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
3 May 2022
Meeting Summary
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met with the Department of Tourism on the virtual platform to receive a briefing on its Annual Performance Plan for the 2022/23 financial year. The Deputy Minister was present at the meeting. The Chairperson opened the meeting with a note on Members’ ...
Tourism
Tourism BRRR; Tourism Quarter 4 2020/21 Performance Report
23 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism convened on a virtual platform to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report for the 2020/21 financial year on the annual performance of the Department of Tourism and SA Tourism.
The Committee agreed that the report was ...
Tourism
South African Tourism 2021/22 Annual Report, with Minister
16 Nov 2021
In virtual meeting together with the Minister, the Committee was briefed by South African Tourism on its 2021/22 Annual Report. The SA Tourism interim board chairperson said that this was the first time in 17 years that it had received a qualified audit report.
The Committee members ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2021
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) obtained an unqualified audit with findings for the financial year 2020/21. The Director General commented on the outcomes of the Auditor General report noting there were a few matters which NDT needed to address. It was ensuring that all the ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
9 Nov 2021
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2020/21 audit outcomes of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and SA Tourism (SAT). AGSA noted that there has been a regression in the last two years in performance reporting of NDT and SAT.
A ...
Tourism
Election of Chairperson; Tourism Transformation Council of South Africa
7 Sep 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met virtually to be briefed by the Tourism Transformation Council of South Africa (TTCSA) on the state of transformation in the tourism sector. The Committee first elected Ms Tandi Mahambehlala as its Chairperson. In accepting her role, she stated the importance of an international ...
International Relations
Postponed: Update on consequence management; DIRCO & ARF Quarter 3 & 4 2020/21 performance
25 Aug 2021
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhC2TDW1gDD6BPLtlGcd7UrN9gia5S-X/view?usp=sharing
At a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to be briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on its consequence management measures and implementation, especially involving the Acting Director-General and Ambassador Faisel Moosa. The second item on the agenda was for the Committee to be briefed ...
International Relations
DIRCO’s takeover of custodianship of state owned properties abroad:: DIRCO & DPWI briefing
18 Aug 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a joint briefing by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) on the collaboration between the two departments in preparation for DIRCO’s assumption of custodianship of state-owned properties abroad.
Both departments outlined ...
International Relations
Virtual Oversight: Germany; Senegal; Botswana, Saudi Arabia missions
2 Jun 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee conducted virtual oversight of four foreign missions. South African Embassies in Germany, Senegal, Botswana and Saudi Arabia gave a briefing of each of their Embassies. Their briefing provided an organisational overview of their Embassies, staff component and their assets registry.
Maintenance challenges were outlined ...