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.
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SA Tourism's controversial proposed deal with Tottenham Hotspur was conceived in just about a month, and MPs on the Portfolio Committee on Tourism weren't convinced that a government deal could come to fruition that quickly.
While Parliament’s tourism committee made it clear that SA Tourism’s proposed Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship deal was dead in the water, the SA Tourism board released a statement announcing it would be launching a ‘forensic investigation’ to find the whistle-blowers.