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Postponed: Brand SA & SA Tourism proposed merger
1 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism did not allow the Department of Tourism to make its presentation on progress made in the merger between SA Tourism (SAT) and Brand South Africa. This was because the Minister was not present. The Committee berated the Minister for her constant absence, despite numerous requests, ...
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Tourism BRRR
25 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism convened on a virtual platform to deliberate on its 2021/2022 Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) for the Department of Tourism and entity.
During the discussion, Members highlighted the issue of safety and security for tourists concerning the ...
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South African Tourism Annual Report 2021/22
18 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism told South African Tourism (SAT) it was not excited about its annual report because the entity accounted for 74% of irregular expenditure in the tourism portfolio.
SAT reported its Annual Performance Plan (APP) had a total of 42 targets across five programmes for ...
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National intervention to prevent attacks on long-distance bus operators: SAPS briefing; with Minister
20 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the South African Police Service (SAPS) on the national intervention to prevent attacks on long-distance bus operators, which had negative implications for domestic and foreign tourism in South Africa.
The SAPS presented the National ...
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SA Tourism Q3 & 4 2021/22 Performance
6 Sep 2022
South African Tourism (SAT) noted amongst its achievements for Quarter 3 and 4 of 2021/22 that it had exceeded its targets on international and regional tourist arrivals, domestic holiday trips and Rand value of domestic holiday direct spend. The tourism activation at the Dubai World Expo 2020 was also ...
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Department of Tourism Quarter 3 & 4 2021/22 Performance
30 Aug 2022
PMG was not present at the meeting.
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Taxi Violence & Ongoing attacks on long distance bus services: INTERCAPE Bus Service briefing
23 Aug 2022
The Intercape Bus Service (Intercape) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on its perspectives regarding incidents of violence in the long-distance transport sector. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) sent through a briefing, but was unable to attend the meeting.
Intercape outlined the nature of the attacks on ...
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Tourism Infrastructure Projects & DBSA MOU; with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2022
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The National Department of Tourism (NDT) and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) gave an overview of the Memorandum of Agreement between the two parties for the 2020/21 to 2022/23 financial years with the DBSA acting as an implementing agent for the NDT in 78 tourism projects for which ...
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Tourism Budget: Committee Report; with Minister
17 May 2022
The Committee considered and adopted its report on the Budget Vote of the Department of Tourism.
In discussions, Members raised several concerns. They noted the slow progress in appointing a chief financial officer. It was suggested that the Department had not done much to assist after the ...
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South African Tourism 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by South African Tourism (SAT) on its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget allocation for 2022/23.
SAT reported that the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and its effects have decimated the ability of many of the prioritised source markets to travel to ...