De Lille to explain Tourism Board dissolution to parly committee

Minister Patricia de Lille speaking at the opening of G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting in Durban.

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille is expected to clear up several matters concerning the South African Tourism Board before a Parliamentary Committee on Tuesday.

Among others, De Lille is expected to brief the Tourism Portfolio Committee on why she dissolved the Board.

In a statement last month, De Lille indicated that the Board failed to follow due procedure when it convened a special meeting early in August, and took a decision to put Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nombulelo Guliwe on precautionary suspension.

At the time, the Board had no Chairperson.

De Lille is also expected to address the appointment of a new Board, the suspension of Guliwe and the outcome of a forensic report.

[WATCH] Oupa Pilane, former member of the dissolved SA Tourism board, has called Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille a hypocrite and selective in her application of the act. He adds that she failed to appoint a deputy chairperson of the board for nine months. pic.twitter.com/xRLT3ORJiu

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