Parliament's tourism committee accuses De Lille of nepotism at SA Tourism

JOHANNESBURG - Parliament’s portfolio committee on tourism has torn into Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille following a clash over governance issues at SA Tourism.

The meeting - initially meant to see SA Tourism’s annual performance plan for the 2023/24 financial year - collapsed after the portfolio committee couldn't get answers from department officials.This comes after the committee raised red flags about the appointment of former Wesgro executives Tim Harris and Zwelibanzi Mntambo to the interim board of SA Tourism.

This means two of the three interim board members were previously at Wesgro - the official tourism, trade and investment agency for the Western Cape.“How do we then have Wesgrow leading as a team. Can we really continue with the nepotism that we can touch, and feel, and see and hear?"

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