DA demands Tourism minister’s performance review amid equity fund mismanagement [SOUND]

# The DA is calling for a formal performance review of Tourism minister Patricia de Lille and her department over the mismanagement of the tourism equity fund. According to the party, only 125-million-rand of the 466-million-rand allocated has been disbursed, leaving many township and rural tourism businesses in limbo. The DA’s Haseena Ismail blames poor oversight and a failed partnership with the fund’s implementing agent, the Small Enterprise Finance Agency: