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Rural Tourism Strategy Implementation Programmes: Department briefing
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the National Department of Tourism (NDT) on the implementation of programmes as per the National Rural Tourism Strategy which had been developed in 2012. The NDT had identified a need to unlock tourism in rural areas. Some of the goals of the Strategy were to ...
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Tourism Grading System in South Africa & Tabling of proposed Dashboard for tracking of Committee resolutions: TGCSA briefing
5 Nov 2019
The Tourism Grading Council of SA (TGCSA) briefed the Committee on the tourism grading system in SA. The TGCSA, at present, was focused primarily on the grading of accommodation establishments due to resource constraints but would like to move into other areas of the value chain. To date, 5 200 ...
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State of transformation in the Tourism Sector: Tourism B-BBEE Charter Council briefing; Howick Oversight Report
29 Oct 2019
The Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Charter Council briefed the Committee on the state of transformation in the tourism sector and in so doing elaborated on the work done by the former Charter Council that had served from 2016 to 2019. The current Charter Council was appointed by the ...
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National Tourism Sector Strategy: Department briefing; Tourism BRRR
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). Members were provided with background on the NTSS and also on what the NTSS entailed. What was being presented before the Committee was the second iteration of ...
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Audit Outcomes of Department and entities: AGSA briefing
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor General of SA (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2018/19 audit outcomes of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and SA Tourism (SAT). For the past five financial years, the overall audit of the tourism portfolio had regressed as the NDT had received a qualified ...
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Department of Tourism 2018/19 Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Minister present
8 Oct 2019
The Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Report and financial statements. The Minister and Deputy Minister were present.
In her opening remarks the Minister stated that the NDT had regressed on its audit outcome. The NDT had obtained a qualified audit opinion from ...
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Department of Tourism 2018/19 Quarter 4 performance
10 Sep 2019
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Fourth Quarter Performance Report 2018/19. An overview of performance for Quarter 4 was that the NDT had 83 targets of which 75 had been achieved. The briefing included an overview of Quarter 4 performance across the NDT’s Programmes ie ...
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SA Tourism Quarter 4 Performance, with Minister
3 Sep 2019
The Minister of Tourism said that SA Tourism (SAT) was responsible for the branding of South Africa (Brand SA), but matters had been made difficult by the recent violence against women and the attacks that had taken place against fellow Africans. The negative publicity from these incidents impacted upon the ...
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Joint Consultative Workshop on Tourist Safety and Security in South Africa; with Deputy Minister of Tourism & Deputy Minister of Police
27 Aug 2019
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism and Police were briefed by various presenters on tourist safety and security in South Africa. The Deputy Ministers of Tourism and Police were in attendance.
The first presentation was led by the Safety and Violence Initiative. It highlighted that crime against tourists is ...
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South African Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan briefing with Deputy Minister
4 Jul 2019
The Committee was briefed by South African Tourism on its Annual Performance Plan for 2019/20. The Deputy Minister from the Department of Tourism was in attendance. The presentation noted that South African Tourism has set a strategic goal of increasing the base of tourism by 5 million arrivals or trips ...
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Department of Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Minister of Tourism stated that there were approximately 10 million visitors to the country in a year and the numbers were growing, despite the challenges. One of the challenges was crime and the report would show figures provided by the South African Police Service. The Minister was working with ...
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Election of Committee Chairperson; Committee Programme
2 Jul 2019
The Committee elected Mr S Mahumapelo (ANC) to be its chairperson.
The incoming chairperson stressed that members would have to work as a collective in order for the Committee to execute its mandate. He further said that Members had to respect one another and should refrain from drawing too quickly ...