Tourism BRRR; Tourism Quarter 4 2020/21 Performance Report
Meeting Summary
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 a true reflection of Members deliberations during those meetings. Members briefly raised the importance of following up on consequence management in the case of investigations and a quarterly audit timeframe to ensure the proper monitoring of SA Tourism’s performance.
The report was adopted with these amendments.
The Committee also considered and adopted three sets of minutes.
Meeting report
Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism
Ms Sisanda Loni, Committee Researcher, took the Committee Members through the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, dated 23 November 2021.
Discussion
The Chairperson opened the report for discussion by starting with the key findings particularly on financial management of the Department [of Tourism] and South African Tourism in the 2020/21 financial year.
Members mutually agreed with the findings section of the report with no objections.
In terms of the observations, Members agreed that they [the observations] were a reflection of the deliberations.
Mr K Sithole (IFP) objected to the qualified audit with material findings; flagging that there was currently no timeframe implemented on the findings to ensure the proper monitoring of the Department. He suggested that a quarterly timeframe should be considered to allow the continued tracking of South African Tourism’s performance.
This suggestion was welcomed by Members of the Committee.
Members also agreed that the recommendation about the quarterly timeframe was to be placed at the beginning of the recommendations section of the report.
Regarding the conclusion of the report, the Chairperson suggested that the suggested timeframe should also be included in the conclusion of the report.
The report was adopted with amendments.
Ms H Winkler (DA) indicated that report should be submitted to the Committee for the perusal of the Members to follow up on consequence management in the case of investigations.
The Committee Secretary assured the Member that this was contained in the recommendations section of the report
The Chairperson thanked all Members for their contributions. She assured the Committee that the final report would incorporate all the recommendations raised and would duly be sent to all Members.
Committee Minutes
Committee minutes dated 09 November 2021
The minutes were adopted.
Committee minutes dated 09 November 2021 at 2 pm
The minutes were adopted.
Committee minutes dated 16 November 2021
The minutes were adopted.
The meeting was adjourned.
Documents
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Present
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Mahambehlala, Ms T
Chairperson
ANC -
April, Mr HG
ANC -
Gomba, Ms MM
ANC -
Gumbi, Mr HS
DA -
Makhubela-Mashele, Ms LS
ANC -
Moteka, Mr PG
EFF -
Mpushe, Ms PT
ANC -
Sithole, Mr KP
IFP -
Winkler, Ms HS
DA -
Xego, Ms ST
ANC
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