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In black and white: PR firm making headlines for all the wrong reasons
The Citizen reports that the campaign to name and shame Bell Pottinger executives grows.
This is the British PR firm accused of allegedly “intentionally sowing the seeds of racial division in order to distract from allegations of state capture by the Gupta family and Zuma".
The Daily Maverick writes that Bell Pottinger managed the cabinet reshuffle matter well, with weeks of speculation that it would happen.
Unfortunately, they’re now getting bad PR locally as TimesLive writes that 'white monopoly capital' was the chosen distraction in their PR strategy to clear the Guptas.
Very insightful. The term #WhiteMonopolyCapital did not exist on Google prior to #Gupta appointment of #BellPottinger #NuclearDeal pic.twitter.com/iLdsaBUUGd
— Trending Crimes SA (@CICArsa) April 3, 2017
I wonder how @BellPottinger is going to spin the junk status downgrade for Zuma & Guptas? Blame WMC? The Easter Bunny?
— Max du Preez (@MaxduPreez) April 3, 2017