Members of the recently dissolved SA Tourism Board have described their dismissal as a profound act of betrayal, accusing Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille of ministerial overreach and a pattern of leadership paralysis in failing to act on serious allegations of misconduct against former CEO Nombulelo Guliwe .
In a fiery all-day session before Parliaments Tourism Portfolio Committee yesterday September 2, the minister defended her decision to dissolve the Board .
De Lille maintained that she disbanded the Board following the convening of a disputed August 1 meeting when the decision to suspend Guliwe was allegedly made. De Lille has described the meeting which the dissolved Board claims never took place as unlawful as it was not presided over by a Chairperson following the resignation of Gregory Davids at the end of the Boards quarterly meeting on July 31. The Board claims Guliwe was suspended after a unanimously adopted digital round-robin resolution.