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Central Energy Fund and subsidiaries on their 2013/14 Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister present
21 Oct 2014
The Central Energy Fund (CEF) Group of Companies briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for the 2013/14 financial year. The presentation gave a holistic view of CEF and its Group of Companies. The Group also plays a pivotal role in reducing the country’s over-reliance on petroleum multinationals and other ...
Tourism
National Heritage, Cultural & Rural Tourism Strategies: briefing by National Department of Tourism
19 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its National Heritage and Cultural Tourism Strategy, as well as its National Rural Tourism Strategy. The focus of the NDT at present was to ensure that the eight world heritage sites found in SA remained on the United Nations Educational, Scientific ...
Energy
Eskom on its New Build Programme, with Minister of Public Enterprises
16 Sep 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Energy held a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to hear a briefing by Eskom on its New Build Programme. Ms Lynne Brown, the Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises headed up the team from Eskom.
Eskom announced that in 99 days, ...
Energy
Department of Energy, National Energy Regulator of South Africa, PetroSA & SASOL on the gas sector, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2014
According to the Department of Energy (DoE), South Africa’s current energy mix was made up of coal (65.7%), crude oil (21.6%), biomass (7.7%), gas (2.8%), nuclear (1.9%) and hydro (0.2%). Some of the challenges the DoE faced around the gas sector were affordability, security of supply and the empowerment (lack ...
Tourism
Tourism Incentive Programme: Department of Tourism briefing
5 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP). In 2011 the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had transferred a unit that had dealt with tourism incentives to the NDT. The unit had been involved in the DTI’s Tourism Support Programme (TSP). In ...
Tourism
Tourism Grading Council of South Africa on its grading system
28 Aug 2014
The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) briefed the Committee on its grading system. The focus currently of the TGCSA was on the grading of accommodation but in the future it intended to move on to restaurants and other tourist attractions. The strategic objectives of the TGCSA were to ...
Energy
Integrated National Electrification Programme: Department of Energy & South African Local Government Association briefing
26 Aug 2014
The Department of Energy (DoE) together with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) met with the Portfolio Committee on Energy (the Committee) to brief Members on the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP).
The Department of Energy (DoE) had been mandated to ensure and secure sustainable provision of energy for ...
Tourism
National Tourism Sector Strategy: Department of Tourism briefing; Committee's Second Term Programme
22 Aug 2014
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). Cabinet had approved the NTSS on the 3 March 2011. The aim of the NTSS was to assist in making SA one of the top 20 tourism destinations in the world by 2020. Some ...
Tourism
South African Tourism key programmes; Committee programme
1 Aug 2014
South African Tourism (SAT) briefed the Committee on its work, its key programmes, and how it operated, noting also that SAT primarily tried to achieve government’s objectives as set out in the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). It was SAT’s task to market South Africa in such a way to ...
Energy
Eskom briefings: National grid status, supply challenges, mitigation plans short and long term, in presence of Ministers of Energy and Public Enterprises
29 Jul 2014
A joint meeting took place between the Portfolio Committee on Energy and the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, attended by the Ministers of Public Enterprises and Energy. Eskom was invited to brief the Committees on the current state of the national grid, challenges of supply and its short and long ...