KPMG's apology totally inadequate: Van Loggerenberg
Former South African Revenue Services (Sars) official, Johann van Loggerenberg, says auditing firm KPMG's recent statements and apology are inadequate.
His former colleagues, Ivan Pillay, Peter Richer, Yolisa Pikie and Adrian Lackay, have met with the firm's new management.
Van Loggerenberg has issued a statement through his lawyers, saying despite meetings between KPMG and his former colleagues, he has still not met with them, despite his attempts to do so.
"Our client has not met with either KPMG SA and or KPMG International," the statement says.
"Our client has been trying to meaningfully engage with KPMG SA and their attorneys Norton Rose Fulbright SA, in writing, since 15 October 2015 to date, and KPMG International, since 14 August 2017 to date.
"Our client has found them to be unresponsive and their communiques (when they did bother to reply) to be dismissive, evasive, inadequate and displaying scant regard for the laws and rules of the audit profession and the basic human rights of individuals."
Here's van Loggerenberg's full statement which he issued through his lawyers: #KPMG pic.twitter.com/7CPZpYQgyU
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The auditing firm has withdrawn the conclusions and recommendations of its report into the so-called rogue unit at Sars.
There's been a major leadership shakeup at the firm - with the top management being replaced.
He says it must be noted that the recent turn of events follows a significant public outcry about the firm's business dealings with the controversial Gupta family.
Van Loggerenberg is considering his legal options.