By Akani Nkuna
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has dissolved the board of directors of South Africa Tourism after it failed to convince her why it should remain in office.
De Lille’s spokesperson Aldrin Sampear said in a statement on Wednesday that the board overstepped its legal framework by convening a special meeting in the absence of a chairperson, who was the sole custody and authority to sanction such a meeting.
The board has had no chairperson since the resignation of Prof. Gregory Davids on 31 July.
“According to legal advice to the minister, the special board meeting of 01 August 2025 was convened unlawfully. Section 18(2) of the (Tourism) Act empowers only the board chairperson to convene a special board meeting,” Sampear said in a statement.
In the past, the minister has been at pains to explain the implications of undermining protocol and due processes when it comes to
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