Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille said that she would not be browbeaten into getting rid of the board at the behest of Parliament's tourism portfolio committee.
CAPE TOWN - Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille said she would not be forced by Parliament’s portfolio committee on tourism to get rid of an interim three-member board she appointed at SA Tourism.
De Lille dissolved the board appointed by her predecessor Lindiwe Sisulu last month, over a controversial and illegal sponsorship deal with English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur, which De Lille has since pulled the plug on. ' EWN Reporter May 2, 2023 The African National Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters questioned whether De Lille acted legally by appointing a three-member board to take charge, while the public was being asked to nominate candidates for a new board.“It can’t be that you are talking tourism with someone who’s - this Mr Zwelibanzi Mntambo - someone from mining, who’s doing business in mining,” said the EFF’s Anthony Mutumba.
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