Cape Town — Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has appointed tourism and economic promotion specialist Tim Harris as chairperson of the South African Tourism interim board.
This follows the dissolution of the previous board.
De Lille said the appointment was done in line with the Section 16 (3) (b) of the Tourism Act.
Harris has 20 years of global experience in destination marketing, economic policy, investment promotion and governance.
The other two people that were appointed are Kholeka Zama and Vincent Zwelibanzi Mntambo.
Zama is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has worked in finance, audit and governance roles and has served as a Chief Financial Officer at several entities.
Mntambo has a law degree from the University of the North West and a Masters in Law from Yale University and 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.
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“I met with the interim board last week to discuss their duties and urgent work needed to stabilize SA Tourism and pursue our objective growing inclusive tourism in South Africa,” De Lille said.
“During my meeting with the interim board, Mr Vincent Zwelibanzi Mntambo nominated Mr Tim Harris as their chairperson, this was accepted, and this update will be gazetted in the Government Gazette of Friday 5 May 2023.
“Mr Tim Harris wrote to the Acting CEO of SA Tourism on Wednesday 26 April 2023 requesting a number of strategic documents and an urgent briefing from the SA Tourism executive.“
She added that she 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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