Ex-spy Mhleli ”Paul” Madaka was the source of the sensational claim that President Thabo Mbeki accepted R30-million from a German arms bidder.
Former Transkei military ruler Bantu Holomisa said this week he did not know how the lease extension had ”slipped through”.
The government brushed aside the advice of its own financial experts when it embarked on the ill-fated R30-billion arms deal.
What did the Cabinet know about serious financial risks associated with the arms deal? And why does the public not have the same information?
Legal and academic experts are helping the ANC devise a strategy to get Jacob Zuma off the hook — possibly by closing probes into the arms deal.
Police and National Intelligence Agency leaders appear to be waging a war of attrition against the National Prosecuting Authority and the Scorpions.
Company with connections to Georgiadis paid ‘consulting fees’ to former Thyssen executive
Jacob Zuma’s lawyers have filed an application asking the Pietermaritzburg High Court to set aside the decision to prosecute him.
Stonewalling and technical challenges by the ministry and the Justice Department are threatening the investigation of the aircraft contract.
With his popularity waning, ANC president Jacob Zuma faces a series of hurdles.