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Championing tourism: President Cyril Ramaphosa and Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille. Photo: GCIS

Africa’s Travel Indaba boosts Durban economy and drives African tourism growth

Africa’s Travel Indaba is expected to generate millions for Durban’s economy while showcasing African tourism growth, conservation and regional travel opportunities

Already an also-ran: Sbusiso Dyanase, a Democratic Alliance caucus leader in Sedibeng, is challenging Geordin Hill-Lewis in the leadership race. Photo: DA

Hill-Lewis and the DA’s non-race

Hill-Lewis remains the overwhelming favourite to replace John Steenhuisen as DA federal leader but Dyanase’s candidacy has turned the race into a debate over internal democracy

Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille

Patricia de Lille: Tourism

SCORE: D Under De Lille’s leadership, international and domestic tourism increased during the 2024–25 financial year, boosting South Africa’s economic and employment prospects.…

Qantas has launched a flight that will travel between Johannesburg and Perth without any stops.

Qantas launches new non-stop flight between Johannesburg and Perth

The service, which will operate three times a week, cuts travel time to under ten hours and provides the fastest connection between South Africa and Western Australia

Meetings Africa 2025: boosting South Africa’s tourism economy

The countdown to Meetings Africa 2025 has begun! With less than a month to go, excitement is building. Today, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was busy with the Meetings Africa…

Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Patricia de Lille

SCORE: A Patricia de Lille is seen as humble, accessible and responsive to concerns of the industry, which sees her as a welcome team player. She has intervened immediately when…

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille

De Lille appoints new members to South African Tourism board after mass resignations

Six board members quit in September after the minister announced a shake-up This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his Government of National Unity cabinet late on Sunday night. (Elmond Jiyane)

Good to govern: After a month of waiting, Ramaphosa finally appoints his unity cabinet

Key security cluster ministries are dominated by the president’s allies in the ANC

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)

Ramaphosa may make space in cabinet for smaller parties

The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.

To reach pre-pandemic levels and beyond, South African tourism will have to not only address the volume of visitors but also their spending patterns and overall experience. (Photo by Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

South Africa’s tourism potential yet to be harnessed

Events like the Africa Travel Indaba are valuable, but they are not a panacea for the broader issues that need addressing

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille

South Africa’s tourism arrivals take off

The country’s visa waiver schemes with African countries are boosting growth in travel and tourism, says Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille This content is restricted to…

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at  the African National Congress party manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Vote 2024 | The ANC campaign trail

We delve into the ANC’s campaign trail as we approach the 2024 elections, marking a critical juncture 30 years into South Africa’s democracy. We uncover the enduring patterns and…

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille

Business tourism on the up, says De Lille

South Africa no longer purely marketed as a leisure destination, but as a country of choice for conferences and exhibitions

Deputy minister of human settlements David Mahlobo. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Murders linked to water tenders are economic sabotage, says Mahlobo

In 2022, at least four employees working in eThekwini’s water and sanitation unit were killed This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille

R174.5 million set aside to ensure safety of tourists

Minister Patricia de Lille said the country welcomed 4.8 million international and 18.8 million domestic tourists in the first six months of 2023

Tourism minister Patricia De Lille.

De Lille emphasises need to grow tourism on visit to Kruger

The department has given R76.1 million for energy and water-saving measures at tourism sites as part of the Green Tourism Incentive Programme, Patricia de Lille says

Public Works Minister Sihle Zikakala

Ministerial upkeep bills suggests state is a ‘milking cow’

Public Works Minister wants a probe into maintenance costs, including R19 000 for replacing light bulbs at a Waterkloof home, to be concluded soon

Recently-appointed Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she took on the role to “clean up” the department, in the wake of the recent R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship scandal.

De Lille addresses SA Tourism shake-up: ‘Nobody’s indispensable’

The minister was speaking at Africa’s Travel Indaba, days after the acting chief executive of the country’s official national marketing agency resigned

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille

No more plans, we need implementation: De Lille on tourism recovery

During her opening address at Africa’s Travel Indaba, the minister emphasised the need for implementation to revive the industry

De Lille said the remaining three members could not form a quorum and that the board was no longer functional. Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)

De Lille axes ‘dysfunctional’ SA Tourism board

Sexual harassment and the Tottenham debacle are behind the decision to replace the board