How world sees SA: Finally, a KPMG man is scalped for Gupta graft

EDINBURGH — It's taken a long time for the wheels of justice to turn in the Zupta state capture scandal, but finally the corrupt and corruptors are being brought to book. Former KPMG partner Jacques Wessels is a cocky auditor who has been unrepentant about his role in helping the Gupta family dodge tax and also getting South African taxpayers to foot the bill for a lavish Gupta wedding. It was the extravagant wedding, at Sun City, which first lifted the lid on the Gupta family's close relationship with politicians at the highest levels. This is because more than 200 guests arrived in a plane that landed at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, a national key point and therefore ordinarily out-of-bounds for commercial and private aeroplanes. Wessels has now been removed from the role of approved auditors. Many onlookers will be hoping that Wessels will also end up doing jail time for tax crimes and corruption. The KPMG role in state capture is much wider and deeper than the Sun City wedding, with KPMG involved in preparing a fake report with a view to ousting former finance minister Pravin Gordhan among its dirty deeds with the Zuma administration. – Jackie Cameron

By Thulasizwe Sithole

The former KPMG auditor at the centre of a huge corruption scandal in South Africa has been struck off by the local accounting watchdog after admitting six charges of improper conduct, the Financial Times reports.

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