Save the date: FEDHASA East Coast Golf Day
Save the date on 5 November 2021 for the FEDHASA East Coast Golf Day. The event will take place at The Mount Edgecombe Country Club. More information to follow soon.
Recording: UIF TERS Sector Appeal Applications
If you missed the UIF TERS Sector Appeal Applications webinar on 14 September 2021, or if you would like to listen to it again, please click here. If you’d like to access the Appeals Guide, please click here. To stay informed and up-to-date on the latest developments regarding UIF TERS, make sure to follow the Hettie Fourie […]
FEDHASA congratulates Wrenelle Stander on her appointment as CEO of Wesgro
FEDHASA would like to congratulate Wrenelle Stander on her appointment as CEO of Wesgro. Last week Wesgro’s board of directors announced Stander would be the new chief executive as of October 1 to replace Tim Harris. Stander takes over the helm of the Western Cape’s government’s investment, trade and tourism agency from Harris who held the position […]
Easing of lockdown regulations – we need assurances that there will be no further shut downs and restrictions
FEDHASA welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on 12 September 2021, moving the country to an adjusted Alert Lockdown Level 2, easing COVID-19 restrictions which have hampered normal operations within the hospitality sector and, in some sectors such as larger restaurants and venues, have made operating under the past months, financially unviable. We understand the delicate […]
Invitation: Vaccine Ambassador Webinar – 13 September 2021
Invitation: SANRAL Legacy Programme information sessions
Zutari, Africa!Ignite and partners would like to invite you to attend one of its online information sessions about the SANRAL Legacy Programme that is planned for the Wild Coast, close to Lusikisiki. The sessions will share plans for this local economic development initiative, which came about as a result of the new N2 Wild Coast […]
FEDHASA Cape 2021 AGM Post-Event Comms
A year since our FEDHASA Cape AGM and we believe we’re closer to the end of this crisis than the beginning. We are encouraged by the positive developments we’re seeing such as several airlines returning to Cape Town International, the removal of travel bans against SA by France, Germany and Austria, and hotels and lodges reporting that […]
Tourism leads vaccine charge with #Jab4Tourism campaign
Dear Valued Members, As the September high season looms, South Africa’s tourism sector is eyeing our vaccination levels as it becomes a defining criteria against which inbound international travellers decide to visit the country. To encourage South Africans to get vaccinated in numbers, the tourism sector is getting behind a #Jab4Tourism campaign, led by industry leaders […]
Research on the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry
The Department of Tourism has contracted HS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS to conduct an impact evaluation of COVID-19 on the tourism sector. The evaluation aims to determine the extent to which tourism enterprises and workers in the tourism sector have been affected by restrictions due to the pandemic. Furthermore, the evaluation will assess the extent to which enterprises were […]
UIF TERS lifeline ‘hanging on a thread’ while desperate staff run out of oxygen
Hospitality businesses that have barely been able to operate since COVID regulations were implemented in March 2020 are running out of oxygen as they wait for UIF TERS system errors and bottlenecks to be resolved. “We acknowledge that UIF TERS has paid out billions to businesses and their staff in the past year. We are […]
