BEE watchdog probes Netcare service provider over fronting claims

The BBBEE (broad-based BEE) Commission is investigating Cape Town-based radiology firm Bergman Ross & Partners (BRP) over fronting allegations after the firm’s black partner accused it of shortchanging him and merely using him to pretend it has black ownership and control.

Thapelo Motshudi partnered with BRP in 2015 to provide radiology services at Netcare’s Pinehaven facility. The new partners formed a company, Motshudi, Bergman Ross Radiologists, and won a five-year contract to provide services to Netcare...

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