Marc Davies | Huffington Post ZA | 05 February 2018 | The lawyer who once represented the French arms company, however, was reluctant to answer questions about his own alleged complicity in arms deal corruption. Attorney Ajay Sooklal, who formerly represented French arms manufacturer Thales, presented new allegations of arms deal graft in his testimony before…
Rolina Voster | Everyday News | 04 February 2018 | The first two days of hearings of the first People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime have seen powerful evidence given at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. The proceedings, overseen by an esteemed panel of local and international adjudicators chaired by former Constitutional Court Justice Zak Yacoob, heard…
Lungani Zungu | Independent Online | 04 February 2018 | THE allegations of state capture and economic crimes committed in the country before and after democracy in 1994 are coming under scrutiny at the high-powered People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime which got under way at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg yesterday. The tribunal aims to “join the…
Ra’eesa Pather | Mail & Guardian | 03 February 2018 | A people’s tribunal on economic crimes in South Africa has heard submissions on how big corporations evaded the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and how the democratic government failed to implement recommendations from the commission which could have helped better compensate victims of apartheid.…
Marc Davies | Huffington Post ZA | 03 February 2018 | Multinationals need to be held accountable for “aiding and abetting” the apartheid regime, says a civil society representative at the People’s Tribunal. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) failed to investigate devastating apartheid-era economic crimes, and some of its recommendations should be revisited, said a…
Corruption Watch | 31 January 2018 | In recent years South Africa has experienced several commissions of inquiry, set up by President Jacob Zuma to investigate important matters such as the arms deal. However, South Africans looking for some form of justice have been disappointed. The arms deal commission, particularly, was dismissed as a cover-up, and Corruption…
IOL Business Report Online | 20 September 2017 | JOHANNESBURG – Members of civil society on Monday, announced the creation of a People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa. The tribunal is urging members of the public to submit information to be presented at the first hearings of the tribunal in November 2017. Source:…