ETHICS
Gauteng’s ties to SAP and KPMG face scrutiny
Gauteng’s new Ethics Advisory Council is to advise Premier David Makhura on ties to the disgraced auditors
Gauteng’s new Ethics Advisory Council will analyse the province’s ties to disgraced auditors KPMG and multinational software corporation SAP in order to advise Premier David Makhura on which steps to take in doing business with them. The companies have been accused of enabling state capture through their dealings with the controversial Gupta family. Makhura said he wanted the new ethics committee, led by civil society, to give advice on the matter. He said he would take the committee’s recommendations to the executive council. "I said to the ethics council ‘you must have teeth’. I can’t ignore their advice," he said. Team of activists Makhura pointed out it was not only KPMG that was embroiled in the scandal. McKinsey and SAP had also been fingered, and there was probably more to come. The province, however, did no business with McKinsey, Makhura said. The team advising Makhura consists of, among others, civil society activists such as David Lewis from Corruption Watch and Nonkulule...
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