SA Tourism Board CEO Sisa Ntshona will be leaving the organisation, which promotes both foreign and domestic tourism in SA, at the end of May.
His departure comes four months earlier than the end of his five-year term on September 30. Ntshona previously indicated to the SA Tourism board that he would not be reapplying for the position.
Ntshona helped steer the tourism industry through the devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
He joined as CEO in October 2016 for a five-year term and was placed on precautionary suspension on full pay for about nine months in 2019 while investigations took place into undisclosed allegations made against him. He was cleared of all the charges and immediately resumed his duties in December that year.
“Sisa recently approached the board for an earlier exit as he was presented with a new career opportunity that required him to start much sooner than anticipated,” said SA Tourism Board chair Siyabonga Dube said. The board had accepted Ntshona’s request to vacate his position.
“The board discussed this and agreed to the request, and although it is sad to see him leave the organisation, we also appreciate Sisa’s honesty and transparency and we wish him well in his future endeavours,” Dube said.
The SA Tourism Board also confirmed that the process to appoint the new CEO was well under way.
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