Tokozile Xasa
Tokozile Xasa (born 28 April 1965) is a South African politician who was the Minister of Sport and Recreation from February 2018 to May 2019. Before that, she was the Minister of Tourism from March 2017 to February 2018. A member of the National Assembly between 2009 and 2019, she took office as South African Ambassador to Belgium in February 2021. Xasa is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and served on the ANC National Executive Committee from December 2017 to December 2022. She is also a former spokesperson of the ANC Women's League.
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edit- The majority of people in this industry are women but they mostly remain in entry level positions.
- “We have identified areas where we can work together on promotion, while we are also discussing issues of infrastructure and hotel grading.
- Within the South African Development Community we have finally finished restructuring our marketing and promotion entity; it now coordinates all 15 countries.
- It is a call to action for all South Africans, reminding them tourism is an important industry for their economy
- The government has assigned the deputy prime minister to look into our state owned entities.
- My department is working with various other ministerial departments on joint ventures which will be beneficial for the tourism sector.
- We aim to encourage South African citizens to travel within their own country.
We will look at where we can succeed in terms of intra-African trade, where our hubs can be and how we can strengthen our connectivity.”
