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Recently-appointed Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she took on the role to “clean up” the department, in the wake of the recent R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship scandal.
AFRICA S TRAVEL INDABA

De Lille addresses SA Tourism shake-up: ‘Nobody’s indispensable’

The minister was speaking at Africa’s Travel Indaba, days after the acting chief executive of the country’s official national marketing agency resigned

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
South African Tourism board chairperson Thozamile Botha and three other board members are understood to have resigned on Monday ahead of being suspended. Photo: Supplied
LINDIWE SISULU

SA Tourism head quits before De Lille dissolves board

The new minister, Patricia de Lille, believes the appointment process was flawed

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: General view inside the stadium during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 06, 2020 in London, England. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
PATRICIA DE LILLE

Tottenham Hotspurs R1 billion tourism deal ‘invalid and unlawful’

Tourism MInister Patricia de Lille said the mooted partnership with the English football team was also unconstitutional

  • Khaya Koko
2 min read