De Lille appoints three people to manage affairs of SA Tourism board: Tourism minister Patricia de Lille on Friday gazetted the appointment of three people to manage the affairs of the SA Tourism board until the appointment of a new board.
“Earlier this week, I announced that eight of the eleven previous SA Tourism board members had resigned and that the board was therefore no longer functional,” De Lille said.She said the appointment of the three was in line with section 16 of the Tourism Act, which empowers the minister — if the board is dissolved — to appoint people to manage its affairs until the appointment of a new board.De Lille said the gazette on Friday erroneously stated she had appointed a chairperson and she had not.
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