Mr Derek Hanekom

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Derek Hanekom

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Finance Standing Committee Rates and Monetary Amounts Bill & sugary beverages tax; BEPS Multilateral Instrument: briefing
    23 May 2017

    National Treasury presented the 2017 Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of the Revenue Laws Bill (the Rates Bill) before the Committee. The Rates Bill gives effect to the tax proposals announced by the former Minister of Finance in his Budget Speech. It deals with changes in tax rates ...

  • Finance Standing Committee South African Airways Corporate Plan & Turnaround Strategy with Finance Deputy Minister
    17 May 2017

    The Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Sifiso Buthelezi, spoke of the challenges at SAA, but that there was a belief that the airline could be returned to profitability. National Treasury had had to give a guarantee of R4.72 billion to ensure that the challenge of SAA remaining a going concern ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Committee Report on National Treasury Annual Performance Plan and Budget
    16 May 2017

    The Committee considered its draft report on Budget Vote 7 for National Treasury. There were no substantive changes. Amongst the matters discussed, was the allegation that involved SARS withholding tax rebates and VAT refunds in order to boost revenue to meet revenue targets. Members suggested that the tax ombudsman be ...

  • Tourism National Department of Tourism on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister
    21 Oct 2016

    Annual Report 2015/16

    Minister Derek Hanekom made a few preliminary remarks before the Department presented it 2015/16 annual report. The Minister announced that both the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and its entity South African Tourism (SAT) had received clean audits. In August 2016 results on arrivals showed a continued ...

  • Tourism South African Tourism on its 2015/16 Annual Report
    14 Oct 2016

    South African Tourism 2015/16 Annual Report [awaited email info@pmg.org.za]

    Minister Hanekom provided some context to the briefing to be given by SA Tourism. Tourism was important to SA as a job creator. SA Tourism had a newly appointed Chief Executive Officer which had only held office for nine days to date. ...

  • Tourism National Department of Tourism on its Jan-Jun 2016 performance
    9 Sep 2016

    The Committee was given insight into three issues that would not come out in the briefings. First on the area of international tourism the National Department of Tourism had a number of “soft” objectives that it pursued that did not necessarily feature in its plans submitted to Parliament. For example, ...