Complex sentence: The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism was a department of the South African government, responsible for protecting, conserving and improving the South African environment and natural resources as well as for promoting and creating growth conditions for tourism to the country.
Split into simpler sentences: The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for protecting, conserving and improving the South African environment and natural resources as well as for promoting and creating growth conditions for tourism to the country.