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Tourism
First Term Committee Programme 2022
7 Dec 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered the draft Committee programme for the first term of 2022.
A Member said it was important for the Committee to visit tourism destinations that were of concern in the different provinces once the restrictions eased. As water and sanitation facilities, as well as ...
Tourism
Employment patterns in Tourism; with Deputy Minister of Employment & Labour
30 Nov 2021
The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) briefed the Tourism Portfolio Committee on employment patterns in the sector and migration trends. Foreigners made up 7% of the workers in the South African labour force. Migration patterns showed that since 2000 there had been a “dramatic influx” of undocumented migrants. ...
Tourism
Tourism BRRR; Tourism Quarter 4 2020/21 Performance Report
23 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism convened on a virtual platform to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report for the 2020/21 financial year on the annual performance of the Department of Tourism and SA Tourism.
The Committee agreed that the report was ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2021
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) obtained an unqualified audit with findings for the financial year 2020/21. The Director General commented on the outcomes of the Auditor General report noting there were a few matters which NDT needed to address. It was ensuring that all the ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
9 Nov 2021
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2020/21 audit outcomes of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and SA Tourism (SAT). AGSA noted that there has been a regression in the last two years in performance reporting of NDT and SAT.
A ...
Tourism
Election of Chairperson; Tourism Transformation Council of South Africa
7 Sep 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met virtually to be briefed by the Tourism Transformation Council of South Africa (TTCSA) on the state of transformation in the tourism sector. The Committee first elected Ms Tandi Mahambehlala as its Chairperson. In accepting her role, she stated the importance of an international ...
Tourism
Engagement with Tourism Policy Review Panel
31 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism convened in a virtual meeting to engage with the Ministerial Advisory Panel for Policy Review, consider the draft Committee programme for the third term of 2021, and to consider outstanding draft minutes. The Committee was advised that the election of the new Chairperson would ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance
17 Aug 2021
The National Department of Tourism (NDOT) presented on their Quarter 4 performance. At the end Quarter 4, NDOT achieved 64 of its 56 targets for an 87.5% overall achievement. Of the eight targets unachieved, three targets had significant work done, whilst five posed a serious challenge and needed intervention. The ...
Tourism
Support provided by banking sector to tourism industry, especially SMMEs
1 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Tourism, 01 June 2021
The Portfolio Committee (PC) on Tourism received a briefing from the Banking Association South Africa (BASA) on its perspective of the support provided by the banking sector to the tourism industry, especially to small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs).
The Committee ...
Tourism
Tourism Budget: Committee Report
11 May 2021
PMG was not present at the meeting. The below is compiled based on the Committee’s official minutes