Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has denied that she is deliberately delaying court proceedings in the case against her by former members of the SA Tourism Board controversially dissolved in August last year.
Seven of the 10 former Board members filed joint legal action against De Lille in the North Gauteng High Court in September, arguing that her decision to dissolve the Board was unlawful.
The ongoing legal challenge, which was struck off the urgent roll in October, is currently tied up in procedures to have the three remaining former Board members join the case. De Lille has opposed the joinder application and the former Board members allege she has failed to submit answering papers related to the merits of the original case actions the applicants have described as a deliberate strategy to obstruct and prolong the matter.
