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FILE: Bain and Company then left BLSA in 2018, but made a return last year. Picture: monticello/123rf.com

Bain and company

Bain withdraws from Business Leadership SA, apologises for aiding state capture

By Eyewitness News

The US firm has been tied to alleged controversies in recent years related to work it had done for the South African Revenue Service (Sars).

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    Former Bain partner Athol Williams testified at the Zondo Commission on 23 March 2021. Williams, who delivered Sars-related evidence, said that several meetings were held between Bain and former President Jacob Zuma. Bain is a US-based management consultancy firm that was appointed by former Sars commissioner, Tom Moyane.

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