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SA President prioritises e-Visa regime

Source: Tourism Update, 09/02/2019


He said Government was pleased with the progress made in restoring
policy certainty on the visa regime. “We are focusing our attention,
our policies and our programmes on the key parts of the economy that
are labour intensive. These include agriculture, tourism and the
ocean economy.
“Our concerted efforts to market South Africa as a prime destination
for tourists has yielded positive results, with significant annual
growth in the number of foreign visitors. In the past year we had 10
million tourists who came to our country. We intend to raise this to
21 million by 2030, targeting, among others, the largest and fastest
growing markets of India and China, as well as strong markets on our
continent. We will deepen the partnership between government and
business to realise this vision.”
Other pivotal points that Ramaphosa touched on included:
• Investment books being compiled for each province
• New targets to improve SA’s ease-of-doing-business ranking
• A requirement for work experience to be dropped in the public
sector
• Release of identified state-owned land for human settlements
• New gas and oil legislation
• New infrastructure implementation model
• Eradication of unsafe school toilets within three years
• Compulsory early development for all children
• Access to a smart tablet for every pupil by 2025
• New technology subjects and technical high schools
• A new bank for housing
• Removal of taverns, shebeens and liquor outlets near schools
• New Scorpions to deal with serious corruption and associated
offences
• National Health Insurance Bill to be submitted for free
healthcare services


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