The former national director of public prosecutions was a ‘witness bearer’ and a casualty of the ominous trend in the ANC’s increasing cultural aversion to truth
Two London-based critics won’t testify at the Seriti commission of inquiry, despite the commission saying that it will reissue their subpoenas.
The Seriti Commission has dismissed "baseless and malicious assertions" that it is a cover-up, and began issuing subpoenas to three of its critics.
Expectations will be high as ex-DA MP Raenette Taljaard testifies on whether the House was undermined to ensure there was no probe into the arms deal.
Arms deal critics represented by Lawyers for Human Rights have accused the Seriti commission of making it impractical to cross-examine key witnesses.
Arms deal activists say the commission must be allowed to complete its mandate as anything less would be a "betrayal of the South African public".
The commission has not declassified all the documents before it, and legal teams are still not given adequate time to prepare for cross-examinations.
Arms deal commission critics say government witnesses are not being cross-examined, leading to one-sided evidence before the inquiry.
What is meant to be a public process may end up behind closed doors as documents at the commission have not been declassified, adding to its problems.
Arms procurement commission witness Terry Crawford-Browne says claims that the ANC is not implicated in corruption are "disingenuous".
The tepid statement made by the Hawks reveals the pitfalls of creeping hegemonic power.
South Africans search for bookish answers in a time of political doubt, writes Nosimilo Ndlovu.
Former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein on Friday called for an ”independent, unfettered” investigation into the controversial arms deal.
Partly prompted by Andrew Feinstein, there appears to be influential support for an amnesty-based approach to dealing with the unresolved questions of the arms deal. This idea…
A resolution to open up the arms deal to further discussion was shot down by the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday. Democratic Alliance MP Eddie Trent,…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday lauded the decision by the chairperson of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), Themba Godi, to place the DA’s…
The state has identified a list of 218 witnesses it intends calling to testify in its case against African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma. Attached to the…
President Thabo Mbeki’s office said an investigation into the arms deal had already found no wrongdoing on the part of government. This followed a media report based on an…
At last Mark Gevisser’s long-awaited biography of Thabo Mbeki is out. For a project that began in 1999 and took eight years to complete, the title <i>The Dream Deferred</i> seems…
President Thabo Mbeki was involved in the African National Congress (ANC) leadership’s blocking of a parliamentary investigation into alleged bribery by BAE Systems and other…
