2023-w3766 - 21 December 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

With reference to projects undertaken by the SA Tourism in the past three financial years and since 1 April 2023 up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (a) who undertook each project in each month, (b) how were the project suppliers identified and (c) what was the (i) budget allocation for each project and (iv) actual expenditure in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

The projects, initiated by SA Tourism in the past three financial years, are as captured in the Annual Performance Plans and the relevant implementation reports have been presented to the Portfolio Committee.

The reports can also be accessed on the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) website.

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2023-w4128 - 21 December 2023

Anthony Matumba to ask the Minister of Tourism

(a) By what date will the SA Tourism Board be appointed, (b) what are the reasons for the many delays and (c) what time frames have been put in place in this regard?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

(a and c)The time allocated in Cabinet for concurrence is as follows:

  • Present to ESIEID Cabinet Committee on 7 February 2024
  • Cabinet approval on 14 February 2024.  
  • Gazette on 23 February 2024.

(b) I was hoping to get this matter onto the November Cabinet schedule.

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2023-w4127 - 21 December 2023

Anthony Matumba to ask the Minister of Tourism

What (a) has been the progress on the implementation of the summer campaign and (b) total number of jobs does she envisage to create from the summer campaign this year?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

ACTIVATIONS AND AMPLIFICATION OF THE CAMPAIGN:

I have been informed by SA Tourism that the plan for a summer campaign activation has been approved for implementation during the weekends of December 15-17 and 22-24. The objective is to establish a platform for South Africans to engage in the Tourism Economy while also generating excitement among the public through a diverse range of tourism products ...

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2023-w4174 - 21 December 2023

Khethamabala Petros Sithole to ask the Minister of Tourism

Whether her department has any records of the number of ongoing cases in which her department is the (a) plaintiff and (b) respondent; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

I have been informed by the department that the details of ongoing cases are contained in the table below.

NO.

NAME OF THE CASE

DATE STARTED

NATURE OF THE CASE

1.

Minister of Tourism vs. Corporate Skills Development Services.

25/02/2019

This is a claim by Department for the irregular award of a tender to Corporate Skills Development Services. The Department requested the court ...

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2023-w4103 - 21 December 2023

Anthony Matumba to ask the Minister of Tourism

What is the implementation interface between the Tourism Sector Masterplan and the National Tourism Sector Strategy 2016-2026 with regard to the SA Tourism plans; (2) Whether SA Tourism has developed audit action plans to deal with financial management and the cash flow challenges; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) Whether SA Tourism has started to develop a business optimisation strategy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) What measures has SA Tourism put in place to achieve its employment equity targets with the current moratorium in place?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

  1. What is the implementation interface between the Tourism Sector Masterplan and the National Tourism Sector Strategy 2016-2026 with regard to the SA Tourism plans?

The Tourism Sector Masterplan (TSMP) was approved by Cabinet in October 2023.

It was derived from, among others, the three-year Tourism Sector Recovery Plan (TSRP), which comprises interventions that extend beyond its immediate implementation time period of 2023–2024 and was ...

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2023-w4102 - 21 December 2023

Anthony Matumba to ask the Minister of Tourism

What are the details of SA Tourism will do differently in the implementation of the Tourism Sector Masterplan against the strategies developed to implement the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

The Tourism Sector Masterplan which was approved by Cabinet in October 2023 was derived from, among others, the three-year Tourism Sector Recovery Plan (TSRP), approved by the Cabinet in April 2021.

The plan primarily aims to galvanise government, industry, and labour to collectively share a common vision that will position the tourism industry on an inclusive and sustainable competitive path for the benefit of ...

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2023-w4178 - 21 December 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

What (a) are the details of the plans of (i) her department and (ii) SA Tourism (SAT) to adhere to the National Treasury circular to all departments requesting them to reduce spending, (b) are the (ii) timelines, milestones and/or deadlines in this regard and (c) is the anticipated impact of the reduction in spending on the (i) functioning and (ii) respective mandates of her department?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

(i)The Department

(a)(i) What are the plans to reduce spending?

I have been informed by the Department that the Cost Containment Guidelines were issued as advisory and not an instruction in terms of section 76 the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 1999. The department, however, took an initiative to reduce expenditure on travel and related items as advised in ...

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2023-w4129 - 21 December 2023

Anthony Matumba to ask the Minister of Tourism

Whether her department is responsible for the Mphephu Resort; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the status of the Resort, (b) measures has she put in place to rehabilitate the specified resort and (c) time frames have been set in this regard?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

I have been informed that the Department is not responsible for the Mphephu Resort and has not provided any funding to this facility. I understand that this property belongs to the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism and the Honourable Member is advised to refer this query to them.

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2023-w3910 - 21 December 2023

Haseena Ismail to ask the Minister of Tourism

What (a) type of critical skills shortages are there in the tourism sector institutions that report to her and (b) is the detailed report on the number of critical skills currently short in her department?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

(a) The type of critical skills shortages within the tourism sector institutions are:

  • Financial Management
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Food Safety Quality Assurance
  • Travel consulting
  • Professional Cookery
  • Tourism Information Officers
  • Work Readiness and placement
  • Occupational Health Norms and Standards
  • Career Development
  • Service Excellence
  • Digitalisation Skills

I have, further, been informed that the above critical skills are informed by the existing Skills Audit Report and Tourism Sector ...

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2023-w4177 - 21 December 2023

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Tourism

What (a) total amount has been budgeted and/or allocated for the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (i) in each month in the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2023 to date, (b)(i) processes, procedures and/or reporting mechanisms are in place to ensure and monitor that the funds are properly spent and (c) amount has been spent in each month in the specified period?

Reply from the Minister of Tourism on 21 Dec 2023

I have been informed that the Department of Tourism has not had a budget line item for transfers to the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) for the financial years 2020/21 to 2023/24 and has not made any transfers to TBCSA in that period.

SA Tourism does not allocate budget for the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) as they have their ...

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