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/ 23 October 2004
Documents show that Jacob Zuma tried to secure Schabir Shaik’s Nkobi group a share in the Durban Waterfront’s abortive Point development, the Durban High Court heard on Friday.
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/ 22 October 2004
The Durban High Court heard on Friday that Deputy President Jacob Zuma accompanied Nkobi group director Schabir Shaik on a visit to Malaysia in 1995. This is according to a report by forensics expert Johan van der Walt from the KPMG accounting and auditing firm.
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/ 21 October 2004
A forensic auditor who describes himself as a "bloodhound" is expected to give several days of testimony about Schabir Shaik’s financial affairs. KPMG director Johan van der Walt told the court the Scorpions asked his firm in September 2003 to draw up a report on payments made by Shaik to Deputy President Jacob Zuma and his dependants.
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/ 21 October 2004
French arms company executive Alain Thetard told his secretary he did not understand the fuss over South Africa’s arms deal because bribery was common in his home country. This was the testimony on Wednesday of Marion Marais, the fourth witness to be called in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court.
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/ 20 October 2004
French arms-company executive Alain Thetard had an explosive temper and threw things at his staff, the Durban High Court heard on Wednesday. This was testimony from the fourth witness to be called in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial.
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/ 19 October 2004
Former Thomson CSF secretary Susan Delique told the Durban High Court on Tuesday she initially informed the Scorpions she did not want to get involved in their investigation. She said she was concerned over the seriousness of the allegations in the probe.
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/ 19 October 2004
Schabir Shaik’s comments about the Heath Investigating Unit to arms-company head Alain Thetard were in the context of a general discussion about other contractors and their suspicions about these contractors, his advocate told the Durban High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 15 October 2004
The Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial was adjourned to Monday morning after the state’s first witness completed his testimony on Friday morning. State advocate Billy Downer, SC, said they had no further witnesses for Friday but were prepared with a full week of witnesses for the coming week.
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/ 13 October 2004
Deputy President Jacob Zuma still owes more than R1-million for costs incurred in the construction of his Nkandla village in KwaZulu-Natal, the Durban High Court heard on Wednesday. Prosecutor Billy Downer said the state will prove that the source of the funding for Nkandla was a bribe from arms company Thomson CSF.
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/ 13 October 2004
State prosecutor Billy Downer made a slide presentation to the Durban High Court on Wednesday showing the link between Schabir Shaik and Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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