The public relations disaster that is Bell Pottinger has finally met its fitting end: the demise of a corporate entity dedicated to the pursuit of profit at any cost. Even if the cost would be the demise of the entity itself. Gasping for air on what we hope is its deathbed, Bell Pottinger will serve as a necessary reminder that crime seldom pays ... unless you’re an SA politician in power. While Bell Pottinger’s spectacular implosion is not the first such result of unethical behaviour that borders on the criminal, it certainly will not be the last. The death of the company started by Tim Bell and Piers Pottinger in 1988 is welcome news to any peace-loving, corruption-hating and patriotic South African. We who call this sunny piece of Africa home have, for a while, been subjected to a huge propaganda assault, seemingly paid for with our own stolen money — £100,000 of it every month for the past three years.If it is any consolation, South Africans have extracted their pound of flesh. ...
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