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Small Business Development
Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals: 2008 & 2015 Parliament Reports
11 Sep 2019
Report of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals 2015
The Committee Researcher gave a briefing on the recent and past violent attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa provided a summary of the findings and recommendations of the 2008 and 2015 Parliament Reports on violent ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2018/19 Quarter 4 performance
10 Sep 2019
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Fourth Quarter Performance Report 2018/19. An overview of performance for Quarter 4 was that the NDT had 83 targets of which 75 had been achieved. The briefing included an overview of Quarter 4 performance across the NDT’s Programmes ie ...
Small Business Development
Cost of Doing Business, Bureaucratic Red-Tape & Access to Markets: Content Advisor briefing
4 Sep 2019
The Committee received a briefing on bureaucratic red tape. The objective of brief was to provide Members with a summary of activities or practices that could potentially be regarded or defined as “red tape” or “bureaucratic red tape”, distinction or similarity between the two, and measures to mitigate possible undesirable ...
Tourism
SA Tourism Quarter 4 Performance, with Minister
3 Sep 2019
The Minister of Tourism said that SA Tourism (SAT) was responsible for the branding of South Africa (Brand SA), but matters had been made difficult by the recent violence against women and the attacks that had taken place against fellow Africans. The negative publicity from these incidents impacted upon the ...
Tourism
Joint Consultative Workshop on Tourist Safety and Security in South Africa; with Deputy Minister of Tourism & Deputy Minister of Police
27 Aug 2019
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism and Police were briefed by various presenters on tourist safety and security in South Africa. The Deputy Ministers of Tourism and Police were in attendance.
The first presentation was led by the Safety and Violence Initiative. It highlighted that crime against tourists is ...
Small Business Development
AGSA briefings on Forensic Investigation and Mandate; Legacy Report, with Deputy Minister
21 Aug 2019
The Committee met to receive two briefings from the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). The first was on a forensic investigation and the second was on its mandate and role. The Committee also discussed its programmme and Legacy report. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
During the ...
Tourism
Committee Legacy Report & Sector Analysis
20 Aug 2019
The Committee considered the Portfolio Committee of Tourism legacy report from the Fifth Parliament. It indicated that in the past two years, 2017and 2018, there had been a decline in tourism and in its contribution to the country’s GDP. The report spoke of the potential markets to ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Department of Small Business Development 2019/20 Budget
10 Jul 2019
The Committee went through its Report on the Department Budget Vote. The Recommendations noted that there were a large number of legacy issues that remain unattended. Some had budgetary implications while others will hamper the speed with which the Department must execute its mandate. A deadline of 31 July 2019 ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Committee met to discuss the Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Small Businesses Development (DSBD) for the 2019/ 20 financial year. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) also made presentations to the Committee.
The Department said it was committed to the establishment ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Minister of Tourism stated that there were approximately 10 million visitors to the country in a year and the numbers were growing, despite the challenges. One of the challenges was crime and the report would show figures provided by the South African Police Service. The Minister was working with ...
Small Business Development
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to elect its Chairperson. Ms V Siwela (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson of the Committee. She accepted the nomination and declared Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development
The newly elected Chairperson thanked Members for her appointment and assured that she would continue to ...