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Committee Report on Department of Tourism Budget Vote No.33
29 Apr 2015
The Chairperson said the Committee had to look at the Draft Committee Report on Budget Vote No.33 and adopt the report for the next financial year. She was pleased with how the Committee and the Department of Tourism had worked well with each other; that the Committee was amongst the ...
Tourism
South African Tourism on its Strategic Plan 2015-2020
20 Mar 2015
A delegation from South African Tourism (SAT) presented a briefing to the Committee on its vision, mandate and governance, as well as its strategic objectives and performance measurements up until 2020. SAT hopes to raise the number of annual tourist arrivals in the country from 9.6 million in 2013/14 to ...
Energy
Department of Energy Strategic Plan 2015
17 Mar 2015
The Department of Energy delegation was led by the Minister of Energy, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson, with the Deputy Minister of Energy, Ms Thembi Majola, in attendance.
DoE consisted of seven branches: Energy Policy, Planning and Clean Energy; Petroleum and Petroleum Products Regulation; Energy Programme and Project Management; Nuclear Energy; Corporate ...
Tourism
Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP) to support SMMEs: briefing by National Department of Tourism
13 Mar 2015
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP). Both Minister Derek Hanekom and Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa made opening statements.
Minister Hanekom said in 2014 when the NDT briefed the Committee on the TIP Members were concerned that not enough progress had been ...
Energy
NERSA on Regulation of Electricity, Piped-Gas & Petroleum Pipelines Industries
11 Nov 2014
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa was established in October 2005 to regulate the electricity industry, the piped-gas industry and the petroleum pipelines industry. In executing its mandate NERSA endeavours to balance the conflicting interests of both licensed entities and end users. NERSA’s mandate is anchored in four primary ...
Tourism
Local Government support for tourism development in SA: briefing by Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
7 Nov 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCOGTA) briefed the Committee on local government support of tourism development in SA. Areas of emphasis included the legislative and policy context, including the Constitution and the White Paper on Local Government, and the link between local government and economic development. The ...
Energy
Grand Inga Hydropower Project Treaty with DRC: Deputy Minister of Energy briefing
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Energy met with the Portfolio Committee on Energy and the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development in a joint meeting to discuss the Treaty on the Grand Inga Hydropower Project between the Republic of South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two Committees approved ...
Tourism
Tourism Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). In the interest of time the Committee Content Advisor briefly took the Committee through the Report, with greater emphasis being placed on deliberations by Members on the recommendations contained in the Report. Overall there seemed to be agreement amongst ...
Energy
2013/4 Energy Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2014
The Committee met to consider the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) on the Department of Energy and its entities, and the Content Advisor took the Members through the findings and recommendations. The key findings included comments on the deficiencies around planning, specifically the integrated energy plan, integrated resource plan, ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism & SA Tourism on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
24 Oct 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2013/14.
Minister Derek Hanekom pointed out that SA’s international tourist figures had increased by 4.7% and almost reached the 10 million mark in 2013 despite the slow economic recovery. The NDT was the custodian of the National Tourism ...