South Africa has had a mixed bag of environmental ministers over the past 30 years and, bar a few, most have taken the environmental agenda forward
Three more ANC MPs have resigned, days after President Jacob Zuma announced his new Cabinet, which did not include them.
Former tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has resigned from Parliament, a day after President Jacob Zuma’s new Cabinet was announced.
South Africa has secured over 200 international conferences, which Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk says will provide a boost of R1.6-billion.
Hotels that expanded for football fans during last year’s World Cup now face declining occupancy rates that are taking a toll on the industry.
SA is aiming to increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals from seven-million in 2009 to 15-million by 2020, says Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
Wine tourism was one of the fastest growing and most lucrative sectors of the global tourism market, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on
Tourist arrivals to South Africa increased to more than eight million in 2010, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday.
Industry experts warn that lobsters will soon disappear from the nation’s menus.
Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk will chair the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) aviation, travel and tourism industry agenda council.
About half of hotels, lodges and other accommodation in South Africa will charge premium rates during the World Cup.
The government has nominated Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk to head the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Resignation of climate chief makes SA’s tourism minister a frontrunner for the position.
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/ 24 February 2010
South Africa’s tourism ministry has ordered an investigation into allegations that World Cup hotel prices are unreasonably high.
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/ 8 December 2009
Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday that SA has enough accommodation to deal with visitors to the 2010 World Cup.
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/ 30 October 2009
SA received a record 9,5-million tourists in 2008, up 5,5% annually, but is counting on the World Cup to reverse a slowdown felt this year.
About a million more South Africans toured in their own country in 2008 compared to the previous year, Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Wednesday.
SA is confident that it will be ready to host the Soccer World Cup next year, but faces a challenge in transporting fans to matches.
The 2009 Climate Summit is a milestone for the country’s long-term policies, environment minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Friday.
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/ 12 January 2009
Marthinus van Schalkwyk is not a prophet at home, but he commands widespread respect abroad.
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/ 12 December 2008
Environment minister Martinus van Schalkwyk got tough with countries holding up negotiations when he arrived at the UN climate change conference.
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/ 21 November 2008
A meeting held by Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk has resolved a spat about accommodation for the 2010 World Cup, SA Tourism says.
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/ 19 November 2008
A total of 59 of SA’s Top 100 companies have responded to South Africa’s Carbon Disclosure Project, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
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/ 13 October 2008
With National Marine Week being celebrated, the government has announced two initiatives aimed at protecting SA’s dwindling fish reserves.
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/ 3 September 2008
Embattled ANC president Jacob Zuma has drawn support from a rather surprising quarter — the born-again National Party.
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/ 1 September 2008
Minister of Environmental Affairs Marthinus van Schalkwyk says his department is planning ”further steps” to stem the poaching of marine resources.
Thirteen years ago a strong environmental campaign saved the St Lucia dunes from being mined. The same cannot be said for this time round.
All rhinoceros horns in South Africa are to be microchipped in an attempt to curb the ”dramatic” increase in the illegal trade of rhino horns.
The government has set out an ambitious proposal to deal with climate change in the coming years, including a possible carbon tax.
South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon economy to combat global warming will be marked by ambitious and mandatory energy-efficiency targets.
A 2,5 degrees Celsius rise in the average world temperature above 1990 levels could have a shattering effect on the Kruger National Park.