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TimesLive reports that acting SA Tourism (SAT) CFO Johan van der Walt has apparently not responded to a notice of intended suspension served on him last week.
SAT board chair Thozamile Botha advised on Tuesday that Van der Walt had been served with a notice asking him why he should not be suspended, after preliminary investigations suggested he had not declared his conflict of interest or recused himself from meetings discussing a sponsorship deal with English football team Tottenham Hotspur. Botha indicated on Tuesday that the deadline had been on Monday, and the last time he spoke to SA Tourism he had not heard whether or not Van der Walt had responded. Botha said if there was no response, the board would have to decide on a course of action. Daily Maverick previously reported that Van der Walt had links to an agency set to receive a fee of about R32m to “activate” the sponsorship. According to Van der Walt, he had no financial interest in the agency, WWP Group, but he had done consulting work for it. After the resignation of three SA Tourism board members two weeks ago, Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu last week suggested that the board should be focused on suspending Van der Walt. On Saturday, SAT dropped its forensic investigation into who leaked the document about the planned sponsorship deal.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at BusinessLive
- Read too, SA Tourism CFO facing suspension over controversial Tottenham Hotspur deal, at News24
- And also, SA Tourism serves conflicted CFO with notice of suspension, drops whistleblower probe into R1bn Spurs deal leak, at IOL
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