MINISTER of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu has expressed her sadness at the news of the killing of a German tourist, offering her condolences to the man’s family while calling on law enforcement to act.
The German tourist was shot dead while traveling to the world-renowned Kruger National Park game reserve.
“I condemn this murder and robbery in the strongest terms and call for harsh punishment of those responsible,” Sisulu said in a statement.
Sisulu pointed out that tourism is among South Africa’s key economic drivers and was seeing a boom in people visiting the country.
She said she would also be discussing ways of ensuring the safety of those visiting South Africa.
“Tourism is one of our economic drivers and a provider of jobs for the youth. We must work hard to protect this industry. This in turn has a negative impact on the socio-economic benefits of the sector, particularly tourism’s
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