Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Tourism has raised concerns over the Minister Patricia de Lille’s dissolution of the South African Tourism Board.

She’s reported to have acted after the Board overstepped its authority by appointing a member to perform the duties of the former chairperson, Professor Gregory Davids, who resigned in July.

[LISTEN] Ronalda Nalumango, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism says they were never taken into confidence regarding the dissolution of the South African Tourism Board

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The Board is also said to have violated its own charter by holding a special meeting without the Chairperson’s approval.

Committee Chairperson Ronalda Nalumango says, “We are concerned because we, like yourselves, have heard through a statement that was released in the public domain, on the dissolution of the Board. So, as the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, we’ve not sat in meetings with the Minister taking us into confidence, in regard to dissolving the Board. We have not had an opportunity to interrogate either the South African Tourism Board, or the Minister in regard to what led to her taking such a decision.”

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