SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: In trouble? Rent a darkie
When greed gets the better of you and threatens to destroy your company, find a willing or gullible black executive to clean up your mess
KPMG SA has seen the light: when greed gets the better of you and threatens to destroy your company, find a willing or gullible black executive to clean up your mess. This, at least, seems to be the long-established tradition among companies that have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. In such instances, black executives suddenly become little more than employment-equity window dressing, the type of person who gets dragged along to pitch for business from state-owned entities. These are often the same people who work in these firms almost unnoticed by their bosses for ages, before overnight acquiring all the desired experience and skills to step in when the company gets caught in unethical or outright criminal behaviour. Nhlamu Dlomu has worked at KPMG for five years. In September, she succeeded Trevor Hoole as CEO when he left with eight others who were the leading partners in KPMG’s nefarious dealings with the Gupta family and with the SA Revenue Service (Sars). Hoole...
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