Passengers queue at the check-in area inside the departures terminal at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Travel and tourism contributed 7% to South Africa's gross domestic product in pre-pandemic times, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg By Rene Vollgraaff
Sep 22, 2021, 1:20 PM
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The Bloemfontein-based court said the minister of tourism committed an error and is not legally obliged to allocate funds based on Black economic empowerment requirements.
Labor union Solidarity and civil-rights group AfriForum, which often speak out against the government’s race-based redistribution policies and land reform plans aimed at reducing the dominance of White ownership, earlier successfully applied for a freeze on the Tourism Equity Fund because it only focused on Black businesses.
The 1.2 billion rand ($81.2 million), which was set up by the government to assist the industry, was particularly hard hit during the Covid-19 pandemic as border closures and travel restrictions prevent the usual flow of holidaymakers from Europe and elsewhere.
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