| Gaming & Lotteries Chamber |
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| Introduction |
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| Gambling was legalised in South Africa after the 1994 elections as the
new democratic government decided that the best strategy to deal with
(illegal) gambling was to regulate it and that by regulating gambling the
country could derive many benefits. |
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| The National Gambling Act, Act No. 33, of 1996 (as amended) was passed
by parliament in support of this decision and defines the regulatory
framework for all gambling, betting and casino operations within South
Africa. South Africa has one of the most highly-regulated gaming industries
in the world, including participation from all role players in advocating
responsible gambling. The South African Advisory Council on Responsible
Gambling (SAACREG) has been created, as a body comprising of regulators,
civil society and industry, its objectives being to ensure that all
stakeholders promote and support a culture of responsible gambling and that
the social impact of legalised gambling is closely monitored. |
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| To date the gaming industry has realised investments of more than R12
billion, about 48% of equity in casinos belonging to BEE companies, and
infrastructural development including hotels, restaurants, retail / shopping
centres and convention centres is a secondary benefit to the decision to
legalise gambling. |
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| New employment opportunities came on stream with the licensing of
casino’s and the sector is looking forward to further development with the
introduction of Limited Payout Machine’s (LPM’s). |
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| The Gambling and Lotteries Chamber of THETA comprises various
sub-sectors: |
- Licensed casinos and other licensed table, electronic and slot machine
gaming outlets;
- Licensed clubs and other slot gaming outlets, incl. LPM’s (Limited
Payout Machines)
- Licensed gambling, betting and bookmaking operators;
- Totalisators and lottery operations;
- Horseracing clubs;
- National lotteries products / games
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| The gaming & lotteries chamber offers a number of exciting
career-focussed qualifications, learnerships and skills programme that gives
the employee, learner and new entrants the opportunity to obtain the
fundamental skills, knowledge and capacity to either obtain employment or
further their careers and thus play a productive role within the sector. |
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| To represent the interests of the sector THETA has launched the Chamber
Committees to ensure constant input from the sector and to assist the
realisation of skills development down to specific segments of the broad
tourism sector. |
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| Secondly, THETA’s other primary responsibility is to develop, research
and implement a sector skills plan that reflects the aspirations, needs and
focus of skills development within the broad tourism arena. |
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| Chamber Committee, roles and composition |
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| The purpose of the Chamber Committee is to represent the views,
interests and expertise of tourism’s major sub-sectors to THETA. Chamber
members, representing their various constituents’ interests, provide expert
advice and strategic information to THETA through the Operations Committee
and enable appropriate recognition of the sub-sectors education and training
needs in the sector skills plan, business plan and budget, learnerships,
quality assurance and such other activities as are undertaken by THETA. |
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The Chamber Committee is the sectors direct skills development arm, and
representatives were drawn from industry associations and professional
bodies, employer and employee representatives, and designated interest
groups - women, youth, the disabled and SMME’s. |
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For further information, queries or questions regarding the chamber and current projects please contact Mr. Leonard Strong, Gaming & Lotteries Chamber Co-ordinator:
Email: leonards@theta.org.za
Tel: (011) 217 0600 |
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Gaming & Lotteries Chamber Committee Members |
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| Successful Candidate |
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Nominating Organisation |
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Organisation |
| Ms. Olga Hadebe |
Gauteng Gambling Board |
Gauteng Gambling Board |
| Mr. Megan Thululkanam |
Gold Reef City |
Gold Reef City |
| Mr. Simon Teke |
SACCAWU |
SACCAWU |
| Ms. Phumla Mnganga |
Gold Circle Racing & Gaming |
Gold Circle Racing |
| Ms. Sandra Falkner |
Tsogo Sun |
Montecasino / Tsogo Sun |
| Mr. Stephen Quinn |
Sun International |
Sun International |
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