2023-w1219 - 12 May 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1)With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2023, (i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month, (ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded, (iii) what were the reasons for the action, (iv) what number of staff members were found (aa) guilty and fired, (bb) guilty and not fired and (cc) innocent; (2) what (a) alternative sanction was meted out in each case where a staff member was found guilty but not fired and (b) were the reasons that staff members were found not guilty in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 12 May 2023

(1) With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism

(a) in the past three financial years

Financial Year 2020/2021

i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month,

  • I have been informed of one disciplinary case in FY20/21

ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded,

  • The employee was ...
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2023-w1340 - 12 May 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1)With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2023, (i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month, (ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded, (iii) what were the reasons for the action, (iv) what number of staff members were found (aa) guilty and fired, (bb) guilty and not fired and (cc) innocent; (2) what (a) alternative sanction was meted out in each case where a staff member was found guilty but not fired and (b) were the reasons that staff members were found not guilty in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 12 May 2023

(1) With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism

(a) in the past three financial years

Financial Year 2020/2021

i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month,

  • I have been informed of one disciplinary case in FY20/21

ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded,

  • The employee was ...
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2023-w1342 - 12 May 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1)With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2023, (i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month, (ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded, (iii) what were the reasons for the action, (iv) what number of staff members were found (aa) guilty and fired, (bb) guilty and not fired and (cc) innocent; (2) what (a) alternative sanction was meted out in each case where a staff member was found guilty but not fired and (b) were the reasons that staff members were found not guilty in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 12 May 2023

(1) With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism

(a) in the past three financial years

Financial Year 2020/2021

i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month,

  • I have been informed of one disciplinary case in FY20/21

ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded,

  • The employee was ...
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2023-w1218 - 12 May 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1)With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2023, (i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month, (ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded, (iii) what were the reasons for the action, (iv) what number of staff members were found (aa) guilty and fired, (bb) guilty and not fired and (cc) innocent; (2) what (a) alternative sanction was meted out in each case where a staff member was found guilty but not fired and (b) were the reasons that staff members were found not guilty in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 12 May 2023

(1) With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism

(a) in the past three financial years

Financial Year 2020/2021

i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month,

  • I have been informed of one disciplinary case in FY20/21

ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded,

  • The employee was ...
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2023-w1209 - 12 May 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1)With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2023, (i) what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month, (ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded, (iii) what were the reasons for the action, (iv) what number of staff members were found (aa) guilty and fired, (bb) guilty and not fired and (cc) innocent; (2) what (a) alternative sanction was meted out in each case where a staff member was found guilty but not fired and (b) were the reasons that staff members were found not guilty in each specified case? NW1545E

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 12 May 2023

(1) With reference to disciplinary action and/or any related action taken against staff in each level within SA Tourism

(a) in the past three financial years

Financial Year 2020/2021

i)what number of disciplinary cases were dealt with in each month,

  • I have been informed of one disciplinary case in FY20/21

ii) on what date was each case initiated and concluded,

  • The employee was charged ...
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2023-w206 - 12 May 2023

Karabo Lerato Khakhau to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1) What are the details of the (a) destination and (b) total costs for (i) accommodation, (ii) travel and (ii) any other costs incurred for international travel of each (aa) Minister and (bb) Deputy Minister of her department since 1 June 2019; (2) what is the total cost incurred for domestic air travel for each (a) Minister and (b) Deputy Minister of her department since 1 June 2019?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 12 May 2023

  1. (aa) Minister

(a) Destinations

(b i) Total cost accommodation

(b ii) Total cost travel

(b iii) Other cost (ground transport and S&T)

Minister MT Kubayi-Ngubane - was appointed on 29 May 2019

14/07/2019 – 18/07/2019 United States of America

38 852.14

68 472.60

13 372.18

12/08/2019 – 19/08/2019

Tanzania

52 347.71

20 843.93

12 787.03

08/09/2019 – 15/09/2019

Russia

106 426.96

129 191.86

90 619.72

29/09/2019 – 03/10/2019

Dubai – trip cancelled due ...

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2023-w778 - 26 April 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(1)(a) What processes are being followed in the proposed merger of the SA Tourism and Brand South Africa to date, (b) what milestones have been reached on each date, (c) who are the stakeholders involved in the process and (d) what are the reasons for the delay of the merger to date; (2) (a) on what date is the merger set to take place, (b) what is the current status of the process and (c) what criteria will be used to select the board of the merged entity and (d) to what ministry will the merged entity report?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 26 Apr 2023

1. (a) I have discussed the matter with the Minister in the Presidency responsible for BrandSA. There was no Cabinet decision on the matter as it was scheduled to serve before Cabinet in August 2022 but was withdrawn. The two Ministers have agreed to, first, do a feasibility study and audit the performance of both entities, before a submission is made to Cabinet for ...

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2023-w1053 - 26 April 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

What percentage of payments were paid to service providers and suppliers by SA Tourism (a) within (i) 30 days of invoicing, (ii) 60 days of invoicing, (iii) 90 days of invoicing and (iv) 120 days of invoicing and (b) above 120 days of invoicing in each month (i) in the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 January 2023 in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 26 Apr 2023

a) I have been informed by SAT that the percentage of payments paid to service providers and suppliers is as follows:

(i) For the financial year 2021/2022 the entity achieved 100% of compliant invoices within 30 days from the date of receipt as audited by the Auditor General and as prescribed by law.

b) (i) N/A as all payments were made within 30 days. ...

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2023-w1054 - 26 April 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

(a) What has she found are the reasons that the external consultations on the approved Green Paper on the Development and Promotion of Tourism in South Africa have not yet been conducted, (b) on what date will the specified consultations be done, (c) who is responsible for the consultations, (d) what processes, procedures and mechanisms are in place to ensure that the consultations are conducted by the specified date, (e) what are the timelines, deadlines, milestones and time frames in this regard and (f) how are these measured?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 26 Apr 2023

(a) I have been informed by the Department that the Green Paper was not approved in the third quarter of 2022/23 financial year. Consultations were held to solicit the views of stakeholders on matters that require policy attention as opposed to formal consultations that afford the public to submit their inputs which only takes place after cabinet processes.

(b) Preliminary stakeholder consolations took place ...

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2023-w1206 - 26 April 2023

Hannah Shameema Winkler to ask the Minister of Tourism

Whether her department is on track with the Global Advocacy Programme; if not, what (a) are the full details of the delays and (b) type of stringent measures are being implemented to address the backlog; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 26 Apr 2023

(a) Whether her department is on track with the Global Advocacy Programme; if not, what are the full details of the delays?

I have been informed by SA Tourism that the Global Advocacy Programme is about addressing barriers and managing the brand and the image of the country as it pertains to tourism. The Global Advocacy Programme focuses on three key areas, and these ...

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