Please find attached a soundbite by the DA Shadow Minister of Communications, Phumzile Van Damme MP.
The report by Herbert Freehills Smith (HFS) LLP on the review of Bell Pottinger’s Oakbay Capital account does not reveal any new information that isn’t already in the public domain.
The release of the report is nothing more than a poor attempt by Bell Pottinger to appear to be taking responsibility for the unethical campaign they ran on behalf of the Gupta family and, President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, ahead of the release of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) report tomorrow.
The DA will request that Bell Pottinger provides the 45 000 documents that were the subject of the HFS review, for our own review on behalf of the South African public.
The DA looks forward to the release of the PRCA’s report on Bell Pottinger tomorrow. This report, by an independent organisation, not one hired by Bell Pottinger themselves, will inspire more confidence.