Posts tagged with 'arms deal'

 

ARMS DEAL COMMISSION FAILED TO DO ITS JOB – Corruption Watch wants the court to review and set aside the findings of the inquiry that was appointed by former president Jacob Zuma

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The court application by Corruption Watch and Right2know comes after Judge Willie Seriti, who headed the commission exonerated politicians of wrongdoing-when he released his report in 2016.

Corruption Watch has argued in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that the arms deal commission failed to do its job.

The anti-corruption organisation wants the court to review and set aside the findings of the inquiry that was appointed by former president Jacob Zuma in 2011 to investigate alleged corruption in the multibillion-rand arms procurement deal in 1999.

The court application by Corruption Watch and Right2know comes after Judge Willie Seriti, who headed the commission, exonerated politicians of wrongdoing when he released his report in 2016.

Advocate Geoff Budlender argued before a full bench of judges that the arms deal inquiry failed to carry out its constitutional functions of investigating allegations of fraud and corruption regarding the
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Former SA President, Zuma has been charged with corruption linked to a multi-billion dollar arms deal – However, he denies any wrongdoing

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Why was there an arms deal? – Newly democratic South Africa decided its military needed to be overhauled – and five years after coming into power following the end of white minority rule, the African National Congress (ANC) government signed contracts totally 30bn rand ($5bn; £3bn in 1999).

The deal involved companies from Germany, Italy, Sweden, Britain, France and South Africa.

Update on current situation:
The arms deal has most recently been in the news as Jacob Zuma is currently fending off corruption charges related to it. His legal team has applied for a permanent stay of prosecution in his corruption trial in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg.

Together with his co-accused, French arms dealer Thales, Zuma is attempting to stave off attempts to face trial for 783 questionable payments he allegedly received improperly in exchange for saying he would protect the company from possible future criminal prosecution.<
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Zuma Asks for a Permanent Stay Of Prosecution – He claimed he was a victim of an orchestrated attempt by the NPA to link him to corruption

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While former president Jacob Zuma filed a 300-page affidavit, asking for a permanent stay of prosecution, the National Prosecuting Authority believes that there is a strong case against him.

In his answering affidavit, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions advocate Billy Downer SC requested the KwaZulu-Natal High Court to dismiss Zuma’s request. The reasoning behind Zuma’s request for the case to be dismissed is that he should have been charged together with Schabir Shaik, Nkobi group and Thomson.

The fact that they have been tried already and this case are linked to theirs is why he feels there is and should not be any case against him.

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