The consultancy has been supporting the project management office of the Energy of Council South Africa on a pro-bono basis for about the last six weeks, the head of the group said and a council document seen by Bloomberg showed. The industry body’s members include Sasol Ltd., Anglo American Plc and the local units of Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE. Bain was banned by the South African government in 2022 after a judicial commission tied it to illegal dealings during a restructuring of the national tax agency, where senior staff were ousted and investigative capacity was gutted. It was one of numerous scandals in an era of government corruption in South Africa that also embroiled McKinsey & Co., SAP SE, KPMG LLP and ABB Ltd.
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