DA wants full disclosure of Bell Pottinger campaign
The DA says while it welcomes the apology by UK-based PR firm, Bell Pottinger to South Africans for its role in creating rifts among South Africans - the matter is far from over.
The company is accused of having run a campaign for the Gupta family's Oakbay Investments which apparently sought to cause racial tensions among South Africans.
The DA's Phumzile van Damme says while part of the brief given to the company was to discredit critics of the ANC and the Guptas they however overstepped the ethics line.
"We require full disclosure of the campaign - who was involved, what was the brief, who the South African operatives were. We believe the money Pottinger earned should be paid back to South Africa and to NGOs that work within the reconciliation sector," she said.
The DA has laid a complaint against Bell Pottinger with the Public Relations Consultants Association in Britain.
We still expect #BellPottinger to respond within 5 days. https://t.co/hixK6hNi4t
— Phumzile Van Damme (@zilevandamme) July 6, 2017
#Savesa demands full disclosure from PR firm #Bellpottinger about the nature of its dirty tricks while contracted to the Guptas pic.twitter.com/220kRzkNus
— Save South Africa (@_SaveSA) July 6, 2017
Statement below and linked, apologies for any issues: https://t.co/zoxoQ5bLLx pic.twitter.com/8uzJkMl8uy
— PRCA (@PRCA_UK) July 3, 2017