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South African Tourism (SAT) Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
South African Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. While domestic holiday trips have increased by 12% the total number of domestic trips has decreased. The growth of international tourists is below the global growth rates. The reason for this is due to perceptions of safety and security, ...
Tourism
Committee Strategic Plan 2018/19 & Programme
18 Apr 2018
Relevant Documents: Annual Performance Plan 2018/19; Draft Committee programme 17 April – 15 June 2018; Draft Committee minutes dated 28 March 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met to discuss its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for the 2018/19 financial year in order to structure its work. It was provided with an update of ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development Annual Performance Plan: DPSA & DPME analysis
18 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) on the annual performance plan of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD).
The DPSA outlined the background and progress that had been made in the establishment of an organisational structure for the DSBD, which had become ...
Tourism
Working for Tourism Programme: briefing on assessment by Government Technical Advisory Centre
14 Mar 2018
The Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) had the assessed the National Department of Tourism’s Working for Tourism projects. The Committee received a briefing on this assessment and recommendation made. In total 32 projects had been assessed and categorised in terms of stalled projects, those that requested additional funding, projects at ...
Tourism
South African Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 performance
7 Mar 2018
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on second and third quarter performance reports for 2017/18.
In the presentation, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that SA Tourism had not achieved were highlighted.
On the number of total domestic trips achieved for Quarter 3 the target was set at 4.5m. Actual performance sat at ...
Small Business Development
R1,5 billion private sector support of small businesses: Department on its involvement
7 Mar 2018
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) met with the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development to give a briefing on its involvement in R1.5 billion private sector initiatives in support of small businesses as per resolution 68. Resolution 68 stated that the Department should use its transversal mandate agreement ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 performance; Acting Chairperson Election
28 Feb 2018
The Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on the 2nd and 3rd quarter performance for the financial year 2017/18. The department had met 89% of its targets by the end of the 2nd quarter and 79% by the end of the 3rd, citing the failure of service providers as one ...
Small Business Development
National Local Economic Development Conference & transversal agreements progress: DSBD report
28 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met with the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) to discuss and adopt deliberations on the National Local Economic Development (LED) Conference Resolutions and transversal agreements.
Prior to the briefing and discussion, the Chairperson gave a report on an issue discussed in an ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development progress in aligning functions
21 Feb 2018
The Department of Small Business Development addressed the Committee on the progress it had made in aligning functions that were still located in other departments.
At the outset of the meeting, the Chairperson said that it was unacceptable that the Department’s Director General was not present, having prioritised traveling overseas ...
Small Business Development
Cooperative Bank Development Agency: Treasury progress report; Department reviewed funding models & Market Access Unit
31 Jan 2018
It was agreed to postpone next week’s meeting due to possible unavailability of the DA Members as the party and its Members would be preparing for the State of the Nation debate.
The Committee also agreed that both Vodacom and Ericson had shown gross disregard for Parliament and compromised the ...