This week, Statistics South Africa briefed the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on the latest tourism stats. The meeting was held after the release of Stats SA’s report on Migration and Tourism, which has caused general concern that the number of tourists visiting the country declined by 7.2% from February 2014 ...

MPs will be relieved that the grueling budget vote schedule is nearing the end. This process began in February with the training of MPs on the processing of the budget votes and was followed by committees meeting with various departments and entities on their strategic plans, annual performance plans and ...

On Tuesday, 5 May 2015, the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) briefed the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee on migration trends and their implications. According to ACMS, most migration is domestic – province to province – while roughly 4.4% of the South African population were born outside of the ...