Committee Programme; Committee Reports

Tourism

01 February 2017
Chairperson: Ms B Ngcobo (ANC)
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Meeting Summary

The Committee considered and adopted its Draft Committee Programme for the First Term 2017 unamended. The Committee briefly discussed the matter of changing its scheduled meeting date from Friday to Wednesday. Members were reminded that Friday was the allocated meeting day for the Committee by the House Chairperson but were nevertheless informed that a discussion on the matter was ongoing and that it was work in progress. The Committee also considered its Draft Committee Oversight Reports to North West and Mpumalanga Provinces and it was adopted as amended. The Committee’s Draft Quarterly Report for Quarter 1 of 2016/17 was adopted unamended. The Draft Quarterly Report for Quarter 2 of 2016/17 was however adopted as amended. Outstanding minutes were adopted unamended. 

Meeting report

First Term Committee Programme 2017
The Chairperson tabled the draft Programme for consideration. It covered the period from 1 February 2017 up until the 31 March 2017.

The Chairperson said that the Committee intended to go on oversight to the Free State Province and had been invited to Meetings Africa (a business tourism lekgotla). She asked the Committee Secretary Mr Jerry Boltna to take the Committee through the Draft Programme.

Mr Boltina took members through the scheduled items in the Draft Programme. It included the Committee’s planned activities – meetings and oversignt visits.

The Chairperson, on the analysis of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2017, requested the Committee Content Adviser Dr Sibusiso Khuzwayo to provide the Committee with a summary.

Dr Khuzwayo agreed to the request.

The Chairperson pointed out that the National Conventions Bureau (NCB) did not sufficiently take smaller towns into consideration when hosting events. The major centres like Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban were mainly still being used. She felt that smaller towns did have facilities which could accommodate 200-300 people. She also suggested that the Committee go on oversight to places that were progressive and not the usual Social Responsibility Infrastructure (SRI) sites that were always in a dire state.         

Mr T Rawula (EFF) proposed that the Committee schedule its meetings on a Wednesday instead of a Friday. However; it seemed as if Wednesday was convenient for all members. He also asked Dr Khuzwayo to highlight certain areas to prepare the Committee for its joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development.

Mr J Vos (DA) asked whether the Committee’s scheduled oversight visits had been approved by the House Chairperson. He felt it important for the Committee to attend Meetings Africa. He suggested that the Committee schedule a joint meeting with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCOGTA) as at times there was a misalignment on what was perceived by municipalities as product development and marketing compared to what members believed it to be. Issues that needed engaging were the refurbishing of municipal holiday resorts and that some municipalities did not have tourism offices because of budgetary constraints.

Ms S Xego (ANC) asked whether what the Committee had planned and had agreed upon had been included in the Draft Programme.

The Chairperson said that the Committee in all likelihood would be invited to the Local Government Conference. She did see the benefit of the Committee meeting to discuss local government issues. She explained that the House Chairperson decided on what the Committee should have on its Programme for a term. She felt that that when the meeting on small business took place the issue of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives needed to be discussed. On the issue of Committee meetings, she said that the House Chairperson was still being pressurised about possibly changing the Committee’s meetings from a Friday. She agreed that it was important for the Committee to attend Meetings Africa and that the Committee would put in a request. She asked Ms Petra van Niekerk (National Department of Tourism Parliamentary Liaison Officer) what the venue for Meetings Africa was.

Ms van Niekerk responded that Meetings Africa would avail a place for the Committee to do its strategic plan. She briefly took the Committee through the itinerary for Meetings Africa.

Mr Boltina asked that if members were serious about changing its meetings from a Friday to a Wednesday would it be acceptable if the meetings were scheduled at 1pm on a Wednesday as the present meeting was hard to arrange. The issue was that the meeting should not clash with other committee meetings of members. On Wednesdays there were also sometimes whips meetings and women’s caucus meetings scheduled. The allocated day for the Committee’s meetings was Friday. 

The Chairperson responded that the issue of the Committee’s meeting day was work in progress.

Mr Rawula pointed out that on a Wednesday most meetings were scheduled from 9am and ended before 1pm.

The Chairperson said that the Committee had to bear in mind that it had departments and entities that reported to it. The Committee had to therefore have the time and space to accommodate them. There were constraints that had to be considered.
 
Dr Khuzwayo stated that concept documents would be developed for the joint meetings. It included the meeting with the SALGA and DCOGTA. He noted that issues raised by members would find space in the Programme.

The Chairperson placed the Draft Programme before the Committee for adoption.

The Committee adopted the Draft Programme unamended.

Draft Committee Oversight Report on the North West Province
The Chairperson placed the Draft Report before the Committee for consideration and went through it page by page.

Members effected minor changes to the Draft Report and it was adopted as amended.

Draft Committee Oversight Report on the Mpumalanga Province
The Chairperson placed the Draft Report before the Committee for consideration and went through it page by page.

Members effected minor changes to the Draft Report and it was adopted as amended.


Draft Quarterly Report for Quarter 1 of 2016/17
The Chairperson placed the Draft Report before the Committee for consideration and went through it page by page.

The Draft Report was adopted unamended.

Draft Quarterly Report for Quarter 2 of 2016/17
The Chairperson placed the Draft Report before the Committee for consideration and went through it page by page.

Members effected minor changes to the Draft Report and it was adopted as amended.

Committee Minutes
Minutes dated 30 November 2016 was adopted unamended.

The meeting was adjourned.
 

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