We won’t see a repeat of Bell Pottinger – PRCA’s Francis Ingham

JOHANNESBURG — It was just over a year ago, on 5 September 2017, that I interviewed Francis Ingham, the Director General of the PRCA. At that time, the PRCA had made the extraordinary decision to expel Bell Pottinger from the organisation amid the dodgy work it did for the Guptas. What followed thereafter was the complete collapse of Bell Pottinger, which lost clients at a blistering pace and which ultimately was put into administration. In many ways, the fall of Bell Pottinger was a bellwether for things to come as the Guptas' empire would come to crumble in SA while Jacob Zuma would ultimately be forced to resign as President. Now we have a Commission of Inquiry into State Capture – unthinkable just a year ago. It was therefore interesting to catch up again with Ingham on how the PRCA's decision impacted the UK PR industry and the backstory to personal threats that he received during what was a dramatic time. Take a listen. – Gareth van Zyl

It's a pleasure to welcome the PRCA Director General, Francis Ingham, on the line from London. Francis it was just over a year ago that you became a well-known name in SA as your organisation took a decision to expel Bell Pottinger. Well, today Bell Pottinger doesn't exist anymore, so how has the PR industry in the UK changed a year later and has it moved on from that?

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