Civil case
Bain & Company South Africa v. National Treasury and others
- Authority
- High Court of South Africa
- Case number
- Not published
- Filed or opened
- Early 2024, exact date not found
- Organization
- Bain & Company South Africa
- Current stage
- Pending. Reported unresolved on 30 July 2025.
- Outcome
- Pending. Bain seeks to set aside the restriction and a declaration that the procurement law is unconstitutional.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Supported71News24 reported in September 2022 that National Treasury restricted Bain & Company from public sector contracts until 4 September 2032 for corrupt and fraudulent practices tied to a SARS contract.Press report, 29 September 20224 records citedCorporate status
- Unresolved61Bain said it did not knowingly participate in state capture and did not act illegally in its work at SARS.Company statement, Undated page, read October 20266 records citedBribery
Sources
- S3Tier C Major firm guilty of serious offences wants a comeback in South AfricaBusinessTech (Bloomberg). Press report. 17 February 2025.Bloomberg report on Bain's court challenge and quotes from its papers. It does not name the court or give hearing dates.
- S4Tier C Closure Announced for Bain & Company Consulting Operations in South AfricaEcofin Agency. Press report. 30 July 2025.Report by Idriss Linge on the wind-down and the unresolved challenge. It does not give a court ruling.Link working, checked 25 October 2026