Bain's walk of shame as Hain says it must 'feel the pain'

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Bain & Company - found by two commissions of inquiry to have been implicated in state capture - has been banned for three years from tendering for any public sector work by the UK government for "grave professional misconduct" in South Africa. Former UK cabinet minister Lord Peter Hain has been leading the charge against the global consultancy firm in the corridors of power abroad. He told BizNews he welcomes the move by the UK government and continues to call on the US government to do the same. If Bain continues to do any public sector work in South Africa, he's urging the government that it must "immediately be frozen and stopped...if the British government can suspend government contracts with Bain for three years, then the very least the South African government can do is the same". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Aug 2022 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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