Moneyweb reports that South African Tourism’s (SAT’s) interim board is standing behind the organisation’s new acting CEO Nomasonto Ndlovu and will continue to support her as she faces anonymous whistle-blower allegations of accepting a bribe from Qatar Airways in December 2022.
Newly appointed chairperson of the interim board, Tim Harris, said they would continue to support Ndlovu and believed the acting CEO followed due process in the matter. “The Board has been looking into the matter … and have established that the acting CEO followed a process for approvals to accept the invitation by Qatar Airways in 2022,” Harris said on Thursday. Yet notwithstanding the Board’s backing, Harris advised that an investigation was underway into the matter. Following the Tottenham Hotspurs sponsorship debacle earlier this year, the state-run national tourism marketing agency has found itself entangled in yet another controversy. The sponsorship saga led to the resignation of acting CFO Johan van der Walt in February and last week former acting CEO Themba Khumalo also resigned. Ndlovu, SAT’s chief operating officer, was then appointed acting CEO. According to a report published on Tuesday, Ndlovu allegedly received a R100,000 bribe from Qatar Airways last year. The allegations were made through SAT’s whistle-blower hotline by an unidentified person. The individual alleged that Ndlovu might have benefitted from “flights in business class, accommodation and World Cup tickets”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Akhona Matshoba at Moneyweb
- Lees ook, SAT-raad se nuwe hoof reeds in omkopery-bewerings gewikkel, by Maroela Media
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