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Cabinet approves Tourism Sector Recovery Plan to preserve R189bn in value

By: Yvonne Silaule 22nd April 2021 Cabinet has approved the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan, which Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says will facilitate the preservation of R189-billion of value. The plan is also expected to enable the tourism sector to recover to 2019 output and employment levels by 2023. →

R32bn invested in black industrialists, DTIC says in inaugural report

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 20th April 2021 The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has released the first yearly Black Industrialist Report, highlighting the direct funding provided by the department, the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to support black industrialists and... →

Boost Africa receives €60m to support higher-risk investment

By: Donna Slater 20th April 2021 The European Union (EU), through the European Commission, and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), has agreed to provide €60-million to the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) joint Boost Africa initiative, enabling it to... →

Airlink expands Southern African regional flight offering

By: Simone Liedtke 20th April 2021 Independent Southern African regional airline Airlink will expand its network next month with the launch of its Johannesburg-Livingstone flights. The flights are intended to provide travelers with direct access to one of Southern Africa’s most popular tourist attractions – The Victoria Falls. →

Solidarity, AfriForum says tourism equity fund hearing to be held on April 13

By: Marleny Arnoldi 12th April 2021 Trade union Solidarity and civil rights group AfriForum will be in the North Gauteng High Court on April 13 for the hearing of their case against the Department of Tourism and Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. The two institutions had instituted legal action after unsuccessful talks... →

Operation Vulindlela

By: Riaan de Lange 2nd April 2021 When, on March 15, I saw a piece on the National Treasury’s website that was titled ‘Operation Vulindlela’ and marked ‘Latest News’, my gut feeling was that it was about a covert operation. In both Xhosa and Zulu, vulindlela means ‘make way’, and in the context of a Brenda Fassie song, it means:... →

Western Cape Tourism and Hospitality sector calls on all South Africans to stay safe over Easter Holidays

By: Creamer Media Reporter 31st March 2021 Tourism and hospitality stakeholders in the Western Cape have reiterated their commitment as an aligned sector to ensuring consistent compliance with the health and hygiene protocols adopted to keep guests and staff safe. Comprising Cape Town Tourism, SAACI (the Southern African Association for... →

Namibian Marine Phosphate advises of postponement in High Court ruling

By: Marleny Arnoldi 24th March 2021 A judgment by the Namibian High Court on an application launched by the Confederation of Namibian Fishing Association and three other parties against the legitimacy of Namibian Marine Phosphate’s (NMP’s) Sandpiper mining licence has been postponed to April 12. The judgment had initially been... →

Western Cape names candidate municipalities to be primed for direct IPP procurement

By: Terence Creamer 17th March 2021 Six Western Cape municipalities, as well as the City of Cape Town, have been named by Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities Minister David Maynier as candidates to participate in the first phase of the province’s Municipal Energy Resilience (MER) project. The MER initiative, which was... →

Coega to accelerate development of Ngqura liquid bulk terminal

By: Schalk Burger 16th March 2021 State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) as an implementation agent for a construction programme to ensure the Ngqura liquid bulk terminal is operational before the Port of Port Elizabeth liquid bulk facility is closed on December... →

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