SA Tourism proposed a three-year deal

 SA Tourism proposed a three-year deal with the English Premier League

SA Tourism proposed a three-year deal with the English Premier League side, worth £42.5 million (about R900 million), starting at the beginning of the 2023/24 season and ending at the end of the 2026/27 season.

In exchange for the whopping investment, the state-owned entity would receive kit branding, interview backdrop branding, match-day advertising, partnership announcements, training camps in South Africa, and free access to tickets and stadium hospitality.

The Daily Maverick first reported that Van der Walt was a director of several companies linked to the WWP Group.

This despite SA Tourism's acting CEO Themba Khumalo stating at a media briefing that there would be no involvement of an agent or a middleman.