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Limpopo MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism @LimpopoLEDET

Joined August 2024
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Community members have begun arriving at the @Univenofficial in Thohoyandou ahead of the #AriTsireledzeMarch led by MEC for @LimpopoLEDET @MatibeTB.
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
The people of Thohoyandou have taken to the streets marching as a public demonstration against rape and sexual crimes towards safe spaces for economic growth. @LimpopoLEDET @MatibeTB #aritsireledze #LetsGrowLimpopoTogether
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
“Tourism cannot flourish where women live in fear and businesses feel unsafe.” @LimpopoLEDET MEC @MatibeTB makes these sentiments as calls for the tourism and enterprise community to unite with the people of Thohoyandou in a show of solidarity at the #AriTsireledzeMarch.
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
@MatibeTB says: When tourists feel safe, they stay longer, spend more, and return with others. When women feel safe, communities thrive. When businesses feel secure, they expand. Thohoyandou must become a beacon of safety and opportunity — and we can only achieve this together,
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Tourism, businesses and community led organisations in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, uniting against the rise of rape and sexual crimes in the area in the #AriTsreledzeMarch taking place 26 August 2025 led by @LimpopoLEDET MEC @MatibeTB .
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Two years ago, Limpopo won the bid to host the event for three years. “We are ready and excited to host the second instalment of the event for our province this year, and we trust it will yield greater results for our people and the industry,”
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Last year's expo saw over 1,500 learners from rural districts exposed to real tourism career pathways. 20 learners secured learnerships and internships with industry partners, and 10 started their own tourism-related businesses. These outcomes demonstrate the impact of NTCE.
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
"Government, together with tourism industry stakeholder must aggressively embrace the demand-led model of skills development, which ensures that our training programmes are responsive to the needs of the industry," says Matibe.
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Panel discussions at the networking session laboured on challenges faced by industry in absorbing graduates with outdated and ineffective skills at establishments.
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
The NTCE is a brainchild of the National Tourism Department, which annually gathers high school students from across the country to meet with various tourism products to create on-hand educational awareness.
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Held at the 2025 edition of Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban, the session brought together industry stakeholders, academia, and government to discuss innovative approaches to skills development and employment creation in the tourism sector. @MatibeTB @LimpopoLEDET @OtpLimpopo
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Replying to @LimpopoLEDET
@LimpopoLEDET MEC @matibe has stressed the role of programs like the National Tourism Careers Expo in closing the gap between skilled labour force needed by industry and academic institution curriculums at the National Tourism Careers Expo Business Networking Session. @NTCE
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People are appreciative of our initiative Dikgeregere Wednesday All they want is accessible roads. This is D1697-Bekerspas in Modimmole-Mookgophong, in the Waterberg District, one of those which was badly damaged by floods Our team has just restored connectivity,
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Ramza, The Peoples uMongameli🇿🇦
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗞𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗘 Polokwane Municipality Executive Mayor John Mpe has announced that the construction of a seven-storey Hilton Hotel in Polokwane will begin in September this year. The announcement comes after the Municipality allocated land to investors from the UAE to construct the hotel at the Green Ark Precinct near Greenery Shopping Centre, Cnr of Grobler & Oost Street. The new Green Ark Precinct, which will also include individual regional offices for three of South Africa’s largest banks, is estimated to cost around R1 billion. #ChronicleNews
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
The eyes of the tourism industry are on the gorgeous Nylsvlei Nature Reserve in the Waterberg region of Limpopo where @LimpopoLEDET MEC @MatibeTB will be unveiling upgrades done at this natural birdwatching oasis. #NylsvleiResortUpgrades #GoLimpopo #LetsGrowLimpopoTogether
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
Nylsvlei wetlands are among SA’s largest and least impacted, they play a wider role as a climate regulators and biodiversity anchors, which is why Nylsvlei is a recognised Ramsar Site and dubbed an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area. @MatibeTB @LimpopoLEDET @golimpopo
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Tshitereke Matibe retweeted
In an effort to increase bed capacity to host more visitors, @LimpopoLEDET MEC @MatibeTB unveils addition 20 new unit chalets, a new restaurant and kitchen to service guests adequately. @golimpopo #letsgrowlimpopotogether
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