I have been informed by SA Tourism that the 3-year Integrated Destination Brand Marketing Strategy was approved by the South African Tourism Executive Committee on 22 December 2022.
The objective was to develop a 3-year destination marketing strategy to address the target of reaching 21 million arrivals by 2030 while considering the destination marketing objectives for leisure, business and corporate brands.
At the core ...
(a) A timeline for the filling of the vacant Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position at SA Tourism
I have been informed that the advertisement for the CEO position was placed in national newspapers on 20 January 2023 with the closing date for applications on 20 February 2023. This was followed by a two-week applications screening and shortlisting process. The shortlisted applications are currently ...
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I have been informed by the Department that the information is still to be audited for the 2022/23 financial year.
(b) (i) The Office of the CFO issued non-compliance letters for invoices that exceeded 30 days. Supervisors discussed the non-compliance with affected employees. In cases where an employee was at fault, a verbal warning was issued and in some cases further travel by ...
(1) Whether her department will furnish the official report from SA Tourism on the Tottenham Hotspur deal; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
On 22 March, I issued a letter to the Chairperson of the SA Tourism Board, requesting details of the proposed deal with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. That letter is attached as an annexure. The Board responded ...
(1) I have been informed by SA Tourism as follows:
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Years |
(a) Number of meetings held |
(b) Number of meetings expected to have |
(c) Reasons for having had more or fewer meetings |
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1 Jan – 31 Dec 2019 |
12 |
7 |
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Board had to convene special Board meetings in response to the pandemic, establish new ways of ... |
(a) The law is clear that invoices must be paid within 30 days. SO, this is a compliance issue.
(b) Monthly reporting to the Executive Authority monitoring will be conducted and consequence management will be introduced.
(c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
See above
(1) (a) I have been informed by the Department that the percentage of payments paid to service providers and suppliers are tabled below:
(i) 30 days of invoicing
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2020-2021 |
2021-2022 |
2022-2023 |
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95,54% |
99,98% |
To be audited |
(ii) 60 days of invoicing
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2020-2021 |
2021-2022 |
2022-2023 |
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0,020% |
1,98% |
To be audited |
(iii) 90 days of invoicing
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2020-2021 |
2021-2022 |
2022-2023 |
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0,000% |
1,001% |
To be audited |
(iv) 120 ...
1. (a) What total number of Tourism Monitors have been placed in each
I have been informed by the Department that the Tourism Monitors contracts are for a period of 12 months.
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a) Province |
b) Airport (please add if they are at other airports not listed) |
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Eastern Cape |
200 |
East London / Port Elizabeth |
0 |
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Free State |
100 |
Bram Fischer |
0 |
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Gauteng |
230 |
OR ... |
I did not receive a handover on which processes were followed in appointing the three Board members by my predecessor.
On Friday 18 April, via a Government Gazette, I will dissolve the SA Tourism Board.
In the same Gazette, I will appoint three Interim Board members in terms of Section 16 (3) (b) of the Tourism Act with experience in Finance, Governance and Tourism. ...
(1) I have been informed by the Department that the Constitutional Court’s decision of the 8th of February 2023 relates to another application against the Minister of Tourism concerning the Tourism Relief Fund (TRF) and not the Tourism Equity Fund (TEF).
However, on 26 April 2021 the High Court of South Africa, in Pretoria, ordered that the Respondents, including the Minister of Tourism, are ...