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BARBA GAOGANEDIWE

Meetings Africa 2025: boosting South Africa’s tourism economy

The countdown to Meetings Africa 2025 has begun! With less than a month to go, excitement is building. Today, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was busy with the Meetings Africa…

  • South African Tourism
3 min read
Darryl Erasmus – Chief Operations Officer, South African Tourism
DARRYL ERASMUS

South African Tourism appoints Darryl Erasmus as the new Chief Operations Officer

South African Tourism (SA Tourism) is delighted to announce the appointment of Darryl Erasmus as the organisation’s new Chief Operations Officer with effect 07 January 2025

  • South African Tourism
2 min read
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille
LIZELLE DOMINIQUE JORDAAN

De Lille appoints new members to South African Tourism board after mass resignations

Six board members quit in September after the minister announced a shake-up This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…

  • Aarti Bhana
1 min read
De Lille said the remaining three members could not form a quorum and that the board was no longer functional. Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)
PATRICIA DE LILLE

De Lille axes ‘dysfunctional’ SA Tourism board

Sexual harassment and the Tottenham debacle are behind the decision to replace the board

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)
CABINET RESHUFFLE

Ramaphosa frowns upon Tottenham Hotspurs sponsorship deal

The cost is not justified, the presidency says of the deal with a R1 billion price tag

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Time for Ramaphosa to boot the costly dead wood in the cabinet

In addition to the looting of Covid-19 emergency funds released in terms of the 2020 state of national disaster, Ramaphosa’s term has been marked by a series of acts of financial…

  • Thought Leader 1
2 min read
English club Tottenham Hotspur. Photo: Getty Images
RWANDA

Spurs sponsorship would see SA in bloody company

SA Tourism must give more thought to who it would like to emulate on the international scene

  • Luke Feltham
4 min read
Whether it is this initiative or any other initiative, SA Tourism says it will still spend about R1 billion on marketing on foreign soil. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
AFRIFORUM

UPDATED: Three SA Tourism board members resign amidst R1bn investment in Tottenham Hotspur controversy

Enver Duminy, Ravi Nadasen, who both served the board for three terms, and Rosemary Anderson resigned from the SA Tourism board

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read