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Tourism Sector current state of affairs: TBCSA briefing
15 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee heard a presentation by the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) which described the desperate need for the tourism sector to recover from the impact of COVID-19 and its regulations which hamper its ability to contribute towards the economy. The meeting ...
Small Business Development
CGE Report: Women Economic Empowerment programmes; with Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2022
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) on its 2020 report entitled "Sink or Swim: The ...
Tourism
DoT Audit and Risk Committee on Audit Action Plan to respond to issues raised by AGSA
8 Mar 2022
The Committee received a briefing in a virtual meeting from the Audit and Risk Committee of the Department of Tourism. The Audit Committee had noted findings from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and advised management to develop an action plan that should focus on the root causes of the ...
Small Business Development
Analysis and Impact of SONA on SMMEs: Committee Researcher briefing
23 Feb 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met virtually for a briefing by the Committee Researcher on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022 implications for Small Business Development.
The presentation covered an overview of employment and what the President was saying about small enterprises. It touched on formal ...
Tourism
Centralised Database and Provincial Databases of Tour Guides; with Deputy Minister
22 Feb 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the National and Provincial Registrars of tourist guides on progress made regarding the centralised and provincial databases of tourist guides. Delegates from the Department of Tourism, led by the Deputy Minister, were present in the meeting.
The Committee noted the report ...
Small Business Development
Independent Field Technicians Petition
16 Feb 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee met to be briefed and deliberate on a petition from a group of Independent Field Technicians (IFT)s on their experiences with Telkom. The IFTs were a Telkom social responsibility Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) initiative to build up small businesses from a disadvantaged background. ...
Tourism
State of the Nation Address implications for Tourism
15 Feb 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Committee Content Advisor and Researcher briefed the Committee on the implications of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on tourism and its importance for economic recovery and growth. An overview was given of global and domestic tourism ...
Tourism
South African Tourism 2021/22 Quarter 1 & 2 performance; with Deputy Minister
8 Feb 2022
SA Tourism reported that International tourist arrivals declined by -55.6% in the period January to July 2021 compared to the previous period in 2019. A total of close to 1.3 million domestic holiday trips were recorded for January to July 2021. This was 27.5% lower compared to 2020.
SA Tourism ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2021/22 Quarter 1 & 2 Performance
1 Feb 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Tourism on its performance in the first and second quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year.
The Deputy Minister highlighted that the Department had not done very well overall in the first and second quarter but there ...
Tourism
Response to Department & SA Tourism audit outcomes; with Minister & Deputy Minister
25 Jan 2022
09 Nov 2021 |
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Tourism on its responses to the issues raised by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2020/21 financial year, and by South African ...