Juniour Khumalo | City Press | 07 February 2018 | In the face of the state’s failure to pursue economic crimes by business and political elites, Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg played host to day four of the people’s economic tribunal on economic crime on Tuesday. The focus of the day was the failures of the…
IBA Legalbrief Africa | 05 February 2018 | Allegations of state capture and economic crimes committed before and after democracy in 1994 are under scrutiny at the high-powered People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime which got under way at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg at the weekend. The tribunal aims to ‘join the dots’ in the country’s…
Jones Bahamas | The Bahama Journal | 05 February 2018 | Former Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson is one six adjudicators that are a part of The People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in Johannesburg, South Africa. The tribunal aims to connect the dots in the country’s story of state capture and economic crimes committed in…
Neo Koza | Talk Radio 702 | 06 February 2018 | A former arms deal insider has made explosive claims at the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime. Ajay Sooklal alleges that South Africa’s former Head of Arms Procurement Chippy Schaik was paid 1 million US dollars by Thales SA (Societe Anonyme) boss Pierre Moynot. He…
Sane Dhlamini | Polity | 05 February 2018 | Civil society organisations on Monday held a People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg, in an effort to uncover more evidence of how the Arms Deal, State capture and apartheid activities have affected people on the ground. The tribunal was organised by the…
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