KPMG is obliged to withdraw its report, Johann van Loggerenberg says
Johan van Loggerenberg, the former SARS official who was a member of the controversial SARS investigation unit, on Wednesday lambasted KPMG over its failure to withdraw its report into the unit in its entirety, which he said in a lawyer’s letter it was obliged to do as it had contravened professional codes. While KPMG earlier this week met former finance minister Pravin Gordhan along with former SARS employees Adrian Lackay, Pete Richer, Ivan Pillay and Yolisa Pikie it has declined a request from Van Loggerenberg for a meeting. The SARS officials who met with KPMG all lost their jobs in events connected to the scandal related to the unit. In the statement, Van Loggerenberg’s lawyer Brett Murison said while Van Loggerenberg had noted the meetings KPMG had had with Gordhan‚ Jonas‚ Pikie‚ Lackay and Richer‚ he had been unable to arrange a meeting with them despite requests for a “meaningful” engagement. “Our client has found them to be unresponsive and their communiqués (when they did...
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