Paula Luckhoff
| Bruce Whitfield interviews UK MP and anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain, and Bain whistleblower Athol Williams.
– The British authorities has introduced a three-year ban on new public contracts for Bain & Co
– The world administration consulting agency is implicated in state seize at the South African Revenue Service
The UK authorities has lastly taken motion in opposition to Bain & Company, deciding to droop the world administration consulting agency from public contracts.
The three-year ban is due to Bain’s function in facilitating state seize at the South African Revenue Service (Sars).
It follows a marketing campaign by South African-born anti-apartheid activist and UK MP, Lord Peter Hain.
Bain has mentioned it can “take the matter under review”.
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The resolution has been welcomed by whistleblower and former Bain senior accomplice Athol Williams, with some reservations about his personal authorities’s “inaction”.
For extra element learn the BBC article Bain consultancy banned from government work over ‘misconduct’.
RELATED: BLSA showing SA the middle finger by defending Bain – Athol Williams
Global corporates like them have to really feel the ache for the penalties of their corrupt and illegal behaviour in South Africa’s state seize and corruption scandal below former President Zuma. Otherwise different corporates might be tempted to do the identical.
Lord Peter Hain, British MP
Bruce Whitfield talks to each Lord Peter Hain and Atholl Williams on The Money Show.
The final time Williams spoke to The Money Show he was in hiding, in concern for his life.
Lord Hain says he was really taken unexpectedly with the British authorities’s announcement after his lengthy marketing campaign.
Dealing with a authorities that hasn’t actually proven a lot curiosity in these sorts of issues in Britain I used to be actually pleasantly stunned, virtually bowled over…
Lord Peter Hain, British MP
…as a result of this has set a precedent for a British authorities and I hope that it’s going to ship a message to, not simply Bain, but different corporates who’ve been implicated on this horrible looting and corruption and state seize below former president Zuma… There’s sufficient of it nonetheless happening now.
Lord Peter Hain, British MP
Athol Williams performed a really worthwhile half in the assembly [with Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg] and giving proof that Rees-Mogg requested for.
Lord Peter Hain, British MP
Bain’s present contracts with the British authorities will proceed and he says he will not quibble over that.
“What’s important to me is this has not happened before.”
The British MP says he’s urgent for US President Joe Biden to take related steps, via the US ambassador to London.
Williams says Bain ought to face harsher sanctions in the UK.
At the identical time, he affirms that he has nonetheless acquired “absolutely no support” from South Africa’s authorities or the native enterprise neighborhood.
My emails to the Presidency, to the DG, the Minister, proceed to go unanswered, so nothing’s modified.
Athol Williams, Whistleblower and former senior accomplice – Bain & Co
We have not come **shut** to justice being served. This is a good transfer for our efforts in direction of justice but this doesn’t represent justice by any means.
Athol Williams, Whistleblower and former senior accomplice – Bain & Co
The UK authorities acted in solidarity with South Africa, which is improbable, but really they’ve taken what occurred… as a warning and that is what myself and Lord Peter Hain had been in a position to talk to them – that the very individuals who had ripped aside SA State establishments are actually individuals working in **your** authorities Mr UK authorities minister!
Athol Williams, Whistleblower and former senior accomplice – Bain & Co
Williams says it is now time for Pretoria to additionally take motion for the good of South African individuals, but to date they have been silent, “lacking the moral courage to do anything”.
Does he really feel then that the robust criticism in the Zondo report and the advice for a police probe shouldn’t be being taken significantly?
“If they are taking action I’m curious to see what happens, but certainly I’ve had no contact from them at all.”
The indisputable fact that not a single authorities entity or enterprise entity needs to even converse to me, not to mention help me…that years after the Nugent Commission and after the Zondo Commission began there’s been no motion in opposition to Bain (and the UK authorities took a call inside a matter of days)… should completely let you know… that authorities has no political will to do something, most likely as a result of they have a whole lot of causes to disguise what occurred.
Athol Williams, Whistleblower and former senior accomplice – Bain & Co
Scroll up to hear to the interviews with Williams and Lord Hain
This article first appeared on CapeTalk : ‘UK govt set precedent with Bain ban’ but ‘SA lacks the moral courage to act’