McKinsey strongly denies corruption allegations concerning Eskom and Trillian, point by point
Global consultancy McKinsey has strongly denied allegations that it was involved in corrupt efforts to milk Eskom of hundreds of millions of rand. In a statement on Wednesday, McKinsey director of external relations, Africa, Bonita Dordel insisted that McKinsey had not authorised any payments made by Eskom to Gupta-linked Trillian Capital Partners. She said any payments Eskom made to Trillian came after McKinsey had told Eskom that Trillian had failed its due diligence test. "Eskom’s internal investigation confirmed that we did not authorise any payments by Eskom to Trillian," Dordel said. Both McKinsey and Trillian are the subject of an order for the preservation of R1.6bn in assets which the High Court in Pretoria granted to the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority. However, on Wednesday, McKinsey said it has not yet been formally provided with any affidavit or order from any authority. "Eskom’s counsel informed us in October 2017 that Eskom executives had a...
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