De Lille appoints three people to sit on SA Tourism Board

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has announced the names of the three people appointed to manage the affairs of the SA Tourism Board. This follows the dissolution of the previous board.

They are:

• Kholeka Zama, a qualified chartered accountant, who has worked in finance, audit and governance roles and has served as chief financial officer at several entities;
• Tim Harris, a tourism and economic promotion specialist with 20 years of global experience in destination marketing, economic policy, investment promotion and governance.
• Vincent Zwelibanzi Mntambo, who holds a law degree from the University of the North-West and a masters in law from Yale University in the United States. Mntambo has held various administrative and management positions at Fiat (SA) and later as faculty officer at University of the North-West. He also served as the first director-general of the Gauteng provincial government.

De Lille said she met the interim board last week to discuss their duties and the urgent work that was needed to stabilise SA Tourism.

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“During my meeting with the interim board, Mr Mntambo nominated Mr Tim Harris as their chair.

“This was accepted. This update will be gazetted in the Government Gazette of Friday, 5 May,” De Lille said.

Harris wrote to the acting chief executive of SA Tourism on 26 April requesting a number of strategic documents and an urgent briefing from the SA Tourism executive.

“I had a fruitful and frank discussion with the interim SA Tourism Board and the director-general of the department of tourism outlining key outcomes and areas we need to work on urgently to ensure that the SA Tourism interim board, the SA Tourism executive and the department of tourism can work together efficiently to grow inclusive tourism for the country.

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“The interim board understands the urgency and work required to bring greater alignment in all our work.

“I wish them well in their duties,” De Lille said.

– SAnews.gov.za