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Thandi Mahambehlala, the chairperson of Parliament’s Tourism Portfolio Committee, ordered an immediate halt to SA Tourism’s pending sponsorship deal with English football club Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday.
The committee also wishes to launch an investigation.
[LISTEN] Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Tourism says the #TottenhamHotspur proposed deal is off. @Newzroom405 pic.twitter.com/UhaNIIAIak
— Athi Mtongana (@AthiMtongana) February 7, 2023
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Meanwhile, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu insists she had no prior knowledge of SA Tourism’s visit to London, nor the reason for which they travelled there in January, and that they did not require her permission.
Sisulu arrived four hours later before the committee after initially failing to appear, but she left after 30 minutes without saying anything.
She has since issued an explanation for her absence.
Sisulu claimed that she felt betrayed that her apology was not read to the committee while she and the president were in a Cabinet meeting.
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She later returned to the meeting to answer members of Parliament’s questions. “The deal does not exist until certain steps are followed, to get permission from the treasury and permission of the president. I did not know when the members left for London. Request for permission to meet is normal, what it was about I did not know.”
Sisulu stated that it is the board’s responsibility to find new tourism markets for South Africa and that they do not need her permission to do so.