PREMIUM: Magda Wierzycka: Why I offered McKinsey whistleblower a job – after Sage fired her

LONDON — Sygnia CEO Magda Wierzycka is on a mission to expose the ugly side of South African business and in this hard-hitting discussion she explains why. The qualified actuary who runs the JSE-listed investment group says of Sage Accounting's firing of the McKinsey whistleblower Bianca Goodson "I have never been more disgusted in my entire life." Apart from immediately offering the courageous Goodson a job at Sygnia, Wierzycka has been laying into Sage, a London-listed accounting software group, and is once again urging South African business leaders to get onto the right side of history in what she views as the young democracy's existential battle between Good and Evil.  Before the interview she warned me that because her phone is tapped, to expect a short break in transmission during the conversation. The phone tappers duly obliged – listen out for it around halfway through this cracking interview. UPDATE: Ivan Epstein dropped me a mail which reads "In light of recent PR please be aware I am no longer involved in Sage as a Director since Sept 2016. I retired and have been involved in interesting entrepreneurial activities." As he's an old friend whom I admire, that's a relief.- Alec Hogg

Well, it's a warm welcome to Magda Wierzycka, the CEO of Sygnia who joins us from CT. Magda, you've been out there now for quite a few months fighting the good fight against State Capture in SA. How are you managing?

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