Arms Deal – The Mail & Guardian

/ 13 November 2024

EFF defector Dali Mpofu to join uMkhonto weSizwe party’s high command

Mpofu is likely to continue with his legal work, including representing Jacob Zuma in the arms deal case, which would prevent him from being an MP

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By Lunga Mzangwe

Politics

/ 28 December 2023

The Arms Deal, a gateway to state capture

The players in the weapons scandal involving bribes of about $300 million escaped justice

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By Emsie Ferreira

Cabinet Report Cards 2023

/ 22 December 2023

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

The initial commitment, informed by the constitutional dream of the struggle, has been trundled underfoot by ministers and presidents

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 7 November 2022

Reject commissions of inquiry, the poisoned colonial chalices that do not deliver justice

No matter the quality of the work inquiries do, they are designed to create a simulacrum of accountability, of justice. They appease the public

By Verne Harris

National

/ 10 October 2022

Zuma’s charges against Downer and Maughn to be heard in 2023

But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 3 June 2022

‘NPA obstructing $10bn arms deal investigation’

The graft, alleged by the head of an investment management firm, is said to implicate Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki

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By Khaya Koko

Politics

/ 4 April 2022

Zuma to seek another postponement as he approaches SCA, again

Zuma will seek to stall his trial next week as his lawyers ask the head of the SCA to reconsider its refusal to allow him to appeal the dismissal of a special plea

By Emsie Ferreira

Top Six

/ 11 March 2022

Zuma petitions SCA in another stab at arms-deal acquittal

The former president claims the high court misread the law and legal precedent when it denied him leave to appeal the dismissal of a special plea

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 16 February 2022

High court dismisses Zuma’s bid for appeal, trial to resume in April

Judge Piet Koen said there was no reasonable prospect of success for an appeal on the dismissal of Zuma’s plea to have Billy Downer removed as prosecutor and it was in the interest of all that his criminal trial resumes

By Emsie Ferreira

Africa

/ 2 September 2021

Africa in brief: 28 August- 4 September

This is what happened on the African continent this past week

By The Continent

Politics

/ 19 August 2021

Zuma implicates Mandela and foundation in arms deal

The former president has written to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, requesting documents that he says will prove his innocence

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 10 August 2021

Zuma’s trial postponed over health risk

The former president requires surgery, which has been put off for the past 18 months, according to his doctor

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 6 August 2021

Zuma in hospital for observation

The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning

By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 5 August 2021

Looters got looted. Perhaps

Not much has changed. Zuma’s still wearing his orange onesie. And Mkhizi is still free. Perhaps that will change by next week

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 19 July 2021

Zuma’s high court application is Stalingrad, season 27, NPA argues

The NPA argued there was no need for Zuma to testify in the special plea application to have Billy Downer removed as prosecutor and, hence, no need to postpone the matter

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 19 July 2021

NPA opposes last-minute bid by Zuma to postpone arms deal hearing

The state argues Zuma’s rights as an accused will not be violated if his bid for prosecutor Billy Downer’s removal and his acquittal is heard virtually

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 2 July 2021

Zuma wants to go to jail. Perhaps

After all, it would be hard to appear on the arms deal corruption case if he were serving time for contempt of court and the Zondo inquiry

By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 28 June 2021

The charges against Zuma must be viewed in the context of the ANC leadership crisis

Many ANC leaders and officials have been implicated in allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing; Zuma’s is merely the most prominent case

By Ebrahim Harvey

National

/ 28 June 2021

High court grants Zondo commission a three-month extension

The court said it was not in the public interest to put the credibility of the state capture inquiry at risk by forcing it to conclude its work in a rush

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 27 May 2021

ConCourt dismisses Zuma’s appeal of personal cost order – with costs

The former president failed to file papers or indicate whether he intended to proceed with the matter after his lawyers withdrew

By Emsie Ferreira

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 22 January 2021

No way out for Thales in arms deal case, court rules

The arms manufacturer has argued that there was no evidence to show that it was aware of hundreds of indirect payments to Jacob Zuma, but the court was not convinced.

By Emma Balfour

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