ANC and EFF MPs say it is improper for De Lille to appoint Harris because of their previous working relationship in the City of Cape Town
Tourism minister Patrica de Lille defended her appointments for the interim SA Tourism board. File picture: SUNDAY TIMES/ESA ALEXANDER.
In April, De Lille appointed Harris, Mntambo and Kholeka Zama for a three-month period. That followed her dissolution of the SAT board over the proposed R1bn partnership deal with Tottenham Hotspur football club which was found to be unlawful and invalid as it did not comply with the constitution and the Public Finance Management Act.
“He’s a politician and is highly invested in SAT. Last year he wrote an email to SAT, even to junior staff members, asking for funds for the World Surfing League for a certain individual, so he’s someone who already involved in SAT. It will be a conflict of interest if he serves there. Something should have told you this guy is highly involved.
“You must consider the shortcomings tabled by members on the two people you have appointed. You can’t have those two people in the interim board. You must replace them because a conflict of interest is there,” Mahambehlala told De Lille. “The director-general and I agreed we need three skills, namely finance, governance and tourism expertise. We consulted widely with the tourism sector and some people were saying ‘we won’t touch that, I’ve got a reputation to protect’, and we had to get the names as soon as possible. We looked at not where people are coming from but at the necessary skills we were looking for,” she said.
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