Exposed: Bain & Co developed strategy to corrupt SARS

EDINBURGH — KPMG was not the only global consultancy involved in the rogue SARS report that brought down corruption-busting finance minister Pravin Gordhan. New evidence reveals that Bain & Co were actively working on cleaning out the South African Revenue Service of employees likely to stand in the way of its greed and graft. Scorpio, the investigative journalism unit attached to the Daily Maverick, has been uncovering how Bain & Co played a master mind role in state capture and corruption. – Jackie Cameron

By Thulasizwe Sithole

Multinational consulting firm Bain & Co has been exposed as a key player in the political scandal that brought down president Jacob Zuma.

The Daily Maverick's Scorpio investigative journalism unit has lifted the lid on how its management consultants developed and the executed a strategy to remove people who were in the way of Zuma and his friends implementing a state capture plan. This helped Bain & Co generate huge sums.

The Bain & Co consultants "celebrated when Tom Moyane succeeded in pushing SARS Chief Operating Officer Barry Hore out in December 2014", reports Scorpio.

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