Days after SA Tourism announced a "forensic investigation" into the leaking of its controversial proposed sponsorship deal with Tottenham Hotspur, Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said he is looking at "creative" ways to close loopholes in the current protections for whistleblowers pending amendments to the relevant legislation.
Lamola addressed the annual general meeting of the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) on Saturday morning. SA Tourism CEO Themba Khumalo was also due to address the meeting, but his appearance was cancelled due to a "family emergency".
It was Khumalo who, last Thursday at a media briefing, said that SA Tourism would "isolate" the person who blew the whistle on the proposed sponsorship deal worth close to R1 billion over three years with the English football club Tottenham Hotspur.
On Wednesday, despite being hauled over the coals for the threat to the whistleblower and ordered to stop the deal by the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, SA Tourism announced that its...
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