Bongani Bingwa spoke to Bain & Company South Africa's whistleblower, Athol Williams, about his response to the three-page apology the consultancy company released last week in Business Day.
This comes after the UK government has announced a three-year ban on new public contracts for the company after it was implicated in state capture at the South African Revenue Service (Sars).
Among the things discussed in an interview with Bingwa, Bain & Company's managing partner, Stephen York said that the consultancy company's whistleblower Athol Williams' claims should not be taken seriously, implying that they were conjecture.
Williams refuted the ineligibility of York's reasoning.
He went on to describe the apology letter as an insult to South Africa, alleging that Bain & Company had opportunities to present their side of the story at both the Nugent and Zondo commissions which it did not.
The consulting commission had also called for the Zondo Commission to remove 96 of Williams annexures, says the whistleblower.
In my mind, Bongani, this interest in dialogue is false because they've had opportunities to speak to our authorities on numerous occasions and never taken it.
He confirmed the validity of his evidence by describing the events that led to Bain & Company's three-year ban in the United Kingdom (UK).
This came after he presented his case to UK prime minister, Boris Johnson.
When [UK MP Lod Peter Hain and I] walked into that meeting with [Johnson] in the UK,...
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