Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu accepts the resignations of three SA Tourism board members.
Questions and scrutiny around the R900-million Tottenham Hotspurs deal continue. Since news of this deal broke, it has ruffled many South Africans' feathers. This is what they had to say. #dstv403
JOHANNESBURG - Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has accepted the resignations of three SA Tourism board members.Nadasen cited moral reasons for his departure.SA Tourism thanked the three for their service, especially Duminy and Nadasen who were serving their third terms.
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