Q&A What was Bell Pottinger doing in South Africa? Bell Pottinger, which created and commissioned content​, did not invent​ 'white monopoly capital' but used the ​term 'on occasion'​. Representing Bell Pottinger were Bell, who once advised the former South African president FW De Klerk, Victoria Geoghegan and Jonathan Lehrle, a partner in Bell Pottinger’s geopolitical division who was brought up in South Africa. Bell left Bell Pottinger in August 2016, with Lehrle and Darren Murphy, another Bell Pottinger partner, later joining him at Sans Frontières. In addition, it said Bell Pottinger had attempted to stir up racial anger in South Africa, mounting a “hateful and divisive campaign to divide South Africa along the lines of race”.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2017 18:59 UTC