Future SA demands answers from McKinsey

McKinsey's dealings with the Gupta-linked Trillian Capital Partners came under the spotlight in the so-called #GuptaLeaks emails.

It allegedly outsourced 30% of its work for Eskom to Trillian, bagging billions in the process despite warnings that the contract was problematic.

Members from various civil society organisations marched to McKinsey's offices in Johannesburg on Thursday, demanding the firm account for its conduct.

They are demanding answers to the following questions:

1. What do your global corporate leaders know - in particular Dominic Barton, global managing partner and David Fine, global leader of McKinsey's Public and Social Sector Practice - about the relationship between McKinsey and Eskom, and what is their view on the character of this relationship?

2. What are your leader's views, apart from the apparent corrupt nature of the relationship between Eskom and Trillian, of the unconscionable fee of R1.6 billion levied for a six-month advisory contract?

3. What will McKinsey do about this?  Who will be held accountable for acts of corruption and this blatant gouging of South African public resources?

Future SA also wants McKinsey to come clean and fully cooperate with any investigation into the contract.

"Our demands are very simple," says Future SA steering committee member Khalik Mayet, "for them to fully cooperate with those enquiries so that the public at large can get a better understanding of what actually transpired in that particular contracting process."

Future SA has threatened further action should the consultancy giant not respond to its demands.