a) Department
(i) In October 2020 a criminal case was opened with the South African Police Service against implicated officials and service providers.
(ii) The reason for opening the case was due to contravention of PFMA provisions.
(iii) One criminal case was opened in October 2020 against all involved officials.
(iv) The criminal case was opened at the Sunnyside Police Station in Pretoria.
(v) The Director-General of the Department of Tourism opened the criminal case.
(vi) here is no case currently resolved, investigations are underway.
(vii) There is no outcome at the moment as the investigations are currently underway.
b) SA Tourism
SA Tourism has not opened any criminal case with SA Police Services in the past three financial years as well as the current year to date.
(i) – (viii) Not Applicable