CORRECTED: Trevor Manuel calls for corruption enablers to be jailed
An earlier version of this story‚ based on an EWN report‚ incorrectly stated that former finance minister Trevor Manuel said those behind the KPMG controversy should go to jail. EWN has since corrected the report. In fact‚ Manuel was replying to comment on public and private representatives facing the consequences of corruption‚ including jail. Manuel agreed‚ saying‚ "People should go to jail." His comment was not specifically in relation to KPMG. "People should go to jail because of how they have been covered and how this rot was allowed to continue in the way that it has. The consequences are a break on growth in this country. If we were growing fast‚ we wouldn’t have energy. If the economy is not growing‚ people can’t get jobs‚" Manuel told EWN. Manuel said KPMG should produce documents to prove how it had arrived at the findings of an investigation into an intelligence unit at the South African Revenue Service (SARS). His comments come after the financial services firm lost clie...
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