Gupta spin doctors Bell Pottinger got government tender
Bell Pottinger received a three-year tender from SA Tourism's UK office in 2014. It was originally valued at R8.6 million but ended up costing R9.6 million
UK Public Relations firm Bell Pottinger has received at least one South African government tender‚ valued at over R8 million. The Democratic Alliance has submitted a series of parliamentary questions to various government departments questioning whether the PR firm which has been linked to the Guptas and is credited with starting the "white minority capital" narrative‚ has received any government tenders. Several departments including Justice‚ Mineral Resources‚ Public Works and the Department of Defence and Military veterans have responded in the negative. However‚ Minister of Tourism Tokozile Xasa indicated in her response that while the department itself had not given any tenders to the firm‚ SA Tourism‚ one of its entities‚ had. Bell Pottinger received a three-year tender from SA Tourism's UK office in 2014. It was originally valued at R8.6 million but ended up costing R9.6 million because of exchange rate fluctuations. "The services were for Public Relations including digital P...
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