eNCA | 05 February 2018 | JOHANNESBURG – Explosive testimony was heard at the People’s Tribunal held at Constitution Hill on Monday. A whistle-blower has implicated two former French presidents and Mac Maharaj’s wife in a huge arms deal cover-up. The forum – convened by civil society organisations – is looking into economic crime in…
Kwazi Dlamini | Corruption Watch | 07 February 2018 The People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime, currently in session at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, is drawing to a close but it has certainly produced its share of sensational revelations. On Monday Ajay Sooklal, formerly a legal representative of French arms company Thales, dropped a bombshell by…
eNCA | 07 February 2018 | JOHANNESBURG – The People’s Tribunal has heard that eradicating corruption requires holding people to account in both the public and private sectors. The tribunal, convened by civil society organisations, is hearing testimony on economic crime in South Africa dating back to apartheid, the late-1990s arms deal, and more recent…
Marelise van der Merwe | The Daily Maverick | 07 February 2018 | It was the private sector’s turn to get a battering at the People’s Tribunal for Economic Crimes at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The penultimate day of the tribunal, which organisers say aims to “join the dots” between corruption in the…
Nathan Daniels | JacarandaFM | 05 February 2018 | A tribunal probing economic crimes has heard damning claims implicating President Jacob Zuma in corruption during the controversial arms deal on Monday. Source: JacarandaFM
Siphe Macanda | Times Live | 03 February 2018 | The five-day People’s Tribunal on Economic Crimes kicked off on Saturday at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg with human rights lawyer Charles Abrahams as the first witness making a presentation on apartheid state secrets. Firing the first salvo‚ he condemned the fact that the “new” South…
Morning Live | SABC | 06 February 2018 Corporates and senior political figures have been implicated in various transgressions at the People’s Tribunal currently underway in Johannesburg. For the past four days, whistle blowers from all walks of life have been presenting evidence linked to economic crimes, corruption and state capture. To give an update…
Marelise van der Merwe | Daily Maverick | 06 February 2018 | It was a bruising day for many significant reputations at the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in Johannesburg on Monday. Lawyer Ajay Sooklal, formerly known as Witness X, took to the stand and implicated two former French Presidents, President Jacob Zuma and a…
Open Secrets | The Daily Maverick | 06 February 2018 | In the face of slow moving state institutions, politically compromised investigative agencies, and obstructive politicians, South African citizens are exercising their power to challenge the corrupt directly. The first hearings of the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa commenced on Saturday 3…
SABC News | 04 February 2018 Alleged large scale corruption involving multinationals companies and the violation of the UN embargo prohibiting sale of arms to the apartheid government dominated discussions at the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crimes underway in Johannesburg. Speakers say while South Africa has the legal framework to take on big corporates, it…