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Portfolio Committee On Tourism
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism is a portfolio committee in the National Assembly of South Africa. The committee scrutinises the work of the Department of Tourism and South African Tourism. Since September 2021, Tandi Mahambehlala of the African National Congress has served as Chair of the Committee. Membership The committee consists of 11 members: six from the African National Congress, two from the Democratic Alliance, one from the Economic Freedom Fighters and two members from other parties. As of December 2020, the committee's current members are as follows: The following people serve as alternate members: See also *Committees of the Parliament of South Africa The committees of the Parliament of South Africa are composed of a few Members of Parliament from the National Assembly, or permanent delegates from the National Council of Provinces, or a combination of both appointed to deal with particular ar ... References {{RSAParliamentCommittees, state=collapsed Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of South Africa
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality. The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula who previously served as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. She was elected on 19 August 2021. The Deputy Speaker is Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli who has served in the post since his election on 21 May 2014. The National Assembly chamber was destroyed in a fire in January 2022. National Assembly sittings will now be held in the old Good Hope Chamber, which is within the precincts of parliament. Allocation The National Assembly seats are allocated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pebane Moteka
Pebane George Moteka is a South African politician who was elected to the National Assembly at the 2014 general election as a representative of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). He was re-elected to parliament in 2019. He resigned from parliament on 31 July 2022. Moteka was a member of the Central Command Team of the EFF, the party's highest decision-making structure. In November 2023, Moteka resigned from the EFF and joined ActionSA. He cited the EFF's open border An open border is a border that enables free movement of people (and often of goods) between jurisdictions with no restrictions on movement and is lacking substantive border control. A border may be an open border due to intentional legislation ... policy as the reason for his resignation from the party. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Gauteng Economic Freedom Fighters politicians Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Winkler
Hannah Shameema Winkler (born 5 November 1985) is a South African politician. She is a member of parliament for the Democratic Alliance and the party's former shadow deputy minister of environment, forestry and fisheries. Education Winkler has an honours degree in politics. Political career Winkler joined the Democratic Alliance as a researcher and media officer. For the 2019 general election, she was the party's campaign manager in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. Parliamentary career In the build-up to the 2019 general election, Winkler was placed eighth on the DA's regional list, 28th on the party's provincial list and 76th on the party's national list. She was elected to the National Assembly on the regional list and became a member of parliament on 22 May 2019. On 5 June 2019, the DA parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane, appointed Winkler to the post of shadow deputy minister of environment, forestry and fisheries. Later that month, she was appointed to that speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Front Plus
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus; af, Vryheidsfront Plus, ''VF Plus'') is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994. It is led by Pieter Groenewald. Its current stated policy positions include abolishing affirmative action, replacing it with merit based appointments, and being firmly against the proposed expropriation without compensation land reform movement to protect the rights and interests of minorities, especially Afrikaners and Afrikaans speaking Coloureds. The party also supports greater self-determination for minorities throughout South Africa, and expressly has adopted Cape Independence as an official party position. History Origins as the Freedom Front (19942003) The Freedom Front was founded on 1 March 1994 by members of the Afrikaner community under Constand Viljoen, after he had left the Afrikaner Volksfront amidst disagreements. Seeking to achieve his goals through political means, Viljoen registered the Freedom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Groenewald
Ignatius Michael "Michal" Groenewald is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. A member of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), he is the party's provincial leader in the North West. Groenewald serves alongside his father and party leader, Pieter Groenewald, in Parliament. He was previously a municipal councillor in the Matlosana Local Municipality The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main plac .... References External linksMr Ignatius Michael Groenewald – Parliament of South Africa [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich April
Heinrich Giovanni April (born 9 April 1980) is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2019. April is a member of the African National Congress. Political career April is a member of the African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when .... He served as the chairperson of the party's Paul Plaatjies branch, as well as the chairperson of the party's youth league in the Bavumile Vilakazi region. He was also the treasurer of the Ekurhuleni region and a member of a sub-committee. Parliamentary career April was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 22 May 2019 following the 2019 general election. He was given his committee assignments on 27 June 2019. Committee assignments *Portfolio Committee on Small Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheilla Xego
Sheilla Tembalam Xego (born 1 August 1960) is a South African politician, educator and trade unionist from the Eastern Cape who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2011. Prior to entering parliament, she was a councillor of the Mbhashe Local Municipality from 2000 to 2006 and the Amathole District Municipality from 2006 to 2010. Xego is a member of the African National Congress. Early life and career Xego was born on 1 August 1960. She holds a diploma in education as well as a diploma in project management. In 1976 and 1977, she became interested in politics. She began teaching in 1980 and then joined a teacher's union. A member of the African National Congress, Xhego was a councillor in the Mbhashe Local Municipality from 2000 to 2006, when she was elected to the Amathole District Municipality's council. She served as a councillor on the district council until 2010. Parliamentary career In 2011, Xego was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly. She was electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkatha Freedom Party
The Inkatha Freedom Party ( zu, IQembu leNkatha yeNkululeko, IFP) is a right-wing political party in South Africa. The party has been led by Velenkosini Hlabisa since the party's 2019 National General Conference. Mangosuthu Buthelezi founded the party in 1975 and led it until 2019. The IFP is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa, in 2014 yielding third place to the Economic Freedom Fighters, formed in 2013. Although registered as a national party, it has had only minor electoral success outside its home province of KwaZulu-Natal. Policies Policy proposals of the IFP include: * Devolution of power to provincial governments * Making the head of state and head of government posts separate, with a ceremonial figurehead as head of state. * Mixed-member proportional representation for the National Assembly. * Liberalisation of trade * Lower income taxes * More flexible labour laws * Autonomy for traditional African communities and their lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Sithole
Khethamabala Petros Sithole is a South African member of the National Assembly of South Africa from the Inkatha Freedom Party. He was first elected at the 2009 South African general election General elections were held in South Africa on 22 April 2009 to elect members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures. These were the fourth general elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The North Gauteng High Cour .... References Living people Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Inkatha Freedom Party politicians 21st-century South African politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Gauteng-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phumeza Mpushe
Phumeza Theodora Mpushe is a South African politician who has been an African National Congress Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since August 2020. She had previously been a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. Political career Mpushe was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in the 2014 provincial election as a member of the African National Congress. On 27 February 2018, she was appointed as acting chairperson of the public works committee. Mpushe was twentieth on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from the Eastern Cape for the 2019 general election. She did not win a seat at the election, due to the ANC's electoral performance in the Eastern Cape. Following the death of Eastern ANC MP Zamuxolo Peter in July 2020, the ANC selected Mpushe to take up his seat in the National Assembly. She was sworn in on 14 August 2020. Since becoming an MP, Mpushe has served on the Portfolio Committee on Tourism and the Standing Committee on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusizo Makhubela-Mashele
Lusizo Sharon Makhubela-Mashele is a South Africa politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly for the African National Congress. Career Makhubela-Mashele was ranked 115th on the ANC's national list for the April 2009 general election. She was easily elected to the National Assembly of South Africa as the ANC won 267 seats. She was sworn in as an MP on 6 May 2009. During her first term, she was a member of both the health and labour portfolio committees. Makhubela-Mashele was also a whip on the Portfolio Committee on Tourism. Prior to the general election that was held on 7 May 2014, she was moved up on the ANC's list and occupied the 60th position. She was re-elected at the election. Makhubela-Mashele was sworn in for a second term on 21 May 2014. On 20 June 2014, she became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Energy and a whip of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism. She served on the Portfolio Committee on Energy until October 2016. On 30 May 2018, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Tourism (South Africa)
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The Department of Tourism is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for promoting and developing tourism, both from other countries to South Africa, and within South Africa.. The current political head of the department is the Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane who replaced Derek Hanekom in 2019. In her capacity as Minister of Tourism she is responsible for South African Tourism, is the official national marketing agency of the South African government, with the goal of promoting Tourism in South Africa both locally and globally. References External links Official website Tourism South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
