Effective 1st April 2025, the National Treasury will discontinue publishing standardised rates for accommodation, conferences, and food. Government departments will now have the autonomy to determine their own rates. The existing Annexure remains applicable until 31st March 2025. The recently issued Revised Cost Containment Instructions No. 1 and 1A of 2024/2025 formalise this administrative change.
South Africa’s Water Crisis – Authorities, Please Walk The Talk
By Rosemary Anderson South Africa’s hospitality and tourism industry faces a myriad of challenges. But there is one battle we should never have to fight: having to persuade the authorities to obey South Africa’s own water laws. Yet increasingly, that is exactly what communities and businesses are forced to do. The


