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Bongani Bingwa spoke exclusively to British politician and anti-apartheid fighter, Lord Peter Hain on the UK government's suspension of Bain & Company from ...

I want to see the US, UK, Dubai, China UAE and Indian government working together to stop this, otherwise there will be more state capture.Lord Peter Hain, British politician and anti-apartheid fighter It's been a hard grind, but I feel very strongly that these international corporates have to realise if they do something wrong, then other governments of the world should have nothing do with them.Lord Peter Hain, British politician and anti-apartheid fighter It becomes very difficult to trace it.Lord Peter Hain, British politician and anti-apartheid fighter This has to be an intergovernmental priority. Rather to my surprise, a UK cabinet minister agreed with the evidence I submitted. Bongani Bingwa spoke exclusively to British politician and anti-apartheid fighter, Lord Peter Hain on the UK government's suspension of Bain & Company from public contracts.

Anti-apartheid activist, Lord Peter Hain says he's pleased that the UK government has agreed to suspend Bain and company from public contractors for three ...

The Zondo commission said they referred them for prosecution because of the way they dismembered SARS yet they continued to practice in London and Washington DC and elsewhere in the world as if nothing had happened in SA. So that was my purpose and I’m pleased that the British government has exceeded my request.” He says, “I felt strongly that companies like Bain and Co. and there are others like KPMG and Makenzie who have been involved in the whole corruption state capture under Zuma. I thought they ought to face consequence abroad as well and they should receive the results of their unlawful behaviour in Bain’s case. Anti-apartheid activist, Lord Peter Hain says he’s pleased that the UK government has agreed to suspend Bain and company from public contractors for three years over the role it played in facilitating the capture of the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

British cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg acts against Bain on the urging of anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain.

I now call on the SA government, particularly National Treasury, and companies like Sasol (who have hired Bain) to do the same,” Williams said in a statement. Referring to Bain’s earlier acknowledgement of some failings in its South African office and its repayment of some fees, Hain said: “Bain would have us believe that what happened in South Africa was the work of one rotten apple. The UK government has acted to protect its public sector from Bain’s destructive behaviour and also acted in solidarity with the SA people. “I have already pressed the US ambassador to the UK.” Rees-Mogg would advise all government departments to apply the same three-year ban. When will the SA government do the same for our people?

Whistleblower Athol Williams says the UK government's three-year ban imposed on Bain should be an embarrassment to the SA government.

It raises the urgency of the Zondo Commission’s recommendation that all Bain’s public sector contracts be investigated with a view to prosecution. I now call on the SA government, particularly National Treasury, and companies like Sasol (who have hired Bain) to do the same. In the meantime, we will continue to work with the Cabinet Office to ensure that we do what is required to restore our standing with the UK government. We have offered our full cooperation to the relevant authorities and will continue to do so.” Bain have apologised for the mistakes our South African office made in its work with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and we repaid all fees from the work, with interest, in 2018. Whistleblower Athol Williams believes the UK government’s three-year ban imposed on controversial global consultancy firm Bain and Company should be an embarrassment to the South African government and its inaction.

Bain & Co has been banned for three years from tendering for UK government contracts, over its role in state capture in South Africa.

In the meantime, we will continue to work with the Cabinet Office to ensure that we do what is required to restore our standing with the UK government. Neither Commission of Inquiry in South Africa has recommended any charges to be filed. Bain [has] apologised for the mistakes our South African office made in its work with the South African Revenue Service (Sars) and we repaid all fees from the work, with interest, in 2018. We will be responding to express our concern about the process and its outcome, where recommendations from the Cabinet Office were apparently overruled, and to address inaccuracies in the Minister’s letter. Bain’s former managing partner Vittorio Massone and Moyane planned to restructure Sars without Bain even having stepped foot into the tax agency. It was a disaster.

A UK government ban on Bain & Co. from competing for state contracts sets an important precedent for the handling of companies found to have assisted with ...

National Treasury's acting director-general, Ismail Momoniat, has called on companies in the private sector in South Africa and internationally not to do ...

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Bain & Co whistleblower, Atholl Williams after the consultancy was banned from doing business with the UK government due to its ...

Read More Read More Read More Read More It isn't about just punishing Bain from government work; this isn't the issue. I think this is quite a slap in our face in the sense that something bad has happened on our patch, and, yet, someone else is going out of their way to punish the perpetrators when we let them off scot-free.Atholl Williams, whistleblower - Bain & Co