Patricia de Lille completed her testimony at the Durban High Court on Tuesday on how she blew the whistle on alleged arms deal irregularities.
After giving evidence in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial, De Lille said she would “never, never” reveal the source of her information.
She said she was happy that after four years of abuse the documents which contained the allegations of arms deal irregularities and which was presented to Parliament, were finally part of the court records.
Addressing reporters outside the court she said the “De Lille dossier” had resulted in the conviction of Tony Yengeni, led to the Schabir Shaik court case and would lead to more convictions in the future.
She said she was happy when the judge ruled that only certain relevant parts of the dossier relating to the Shaik case were dealt with in court because it was not the people involved but the substance of the allegations which was important.
She had not attempted to attack the African National Congress but was trying to help the party to root out corruption within its ranks.
The De Lille dossier contains allegations that high ranking officials in the ANC were using the weapons deal to finance an economic and political centre within the party.
Defence advocate Francois van Zyl asked her if she was trying to bring the entire ANC into the allegations of arms deal irregularities. De Lille said that the attack was not on the ANC but on corruption.
Gavin Woods, former head of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), has returned to the witness box after stepping down for De Lille.
De Lille, who was subpoenaed to testify in the trial said corruption in the arms deal occurred very high up and that corruption knew “no colour or position”. – Sapa
Chippy Shaik ‘misinformed’ Scopa