Arms deal tribunal: ‘Witness X’ drops corruption bombshells

Pieter-Louis Myburgh | News24 | 05 February 2018 | Johannesburg – A former arms deal insider has implicated a range of powerful actors – including two former French presidents, President Jacob Zuma and other senior South African politicians – in alleged corrupt dealings and subsequent cover-ups pertaining to South Africa’s infamous weapons acquisition program. Lawyer…

‘Our young democracy lost its moral compass’: former ANC MP on arms deal

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…

People’s Tribunal for Economic Crimes: When ‘power seeps out of the Cabinet and into kitchen cabinets’

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…

[WATCH] Corruption dominates the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crimes

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…