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But the advocate appearing for Fana Hlongwane at the arms deal commission says his client “wants to come and give evidence”.
Trade and industry director general tells Swedish broadcaster that projects were not sustainable
Documents reveal the cunning origin of the British arms company’s system used to channel alleged kickbacks to South African arms deal ‘advisers’.
A R24-million commission was hidden from Saab by its partner, BAE Systems.
Swedish defence group Saab says R24m was paid to clinch a South African contract for fighter jets — but said its UK partner BAE paid the bribe.
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/ 3 December 2010
For years we have chased hints and allegations, now the <i>M&G</i> has obtained clear evidence of financial benefits from the arms deal.
Arms-deal middleman Fana Hlongwane financed a R4-million home for General Siphiwe Nyanda when Nyanda prepared to step down as defence force chief.
As director general of the justice department, Menzi Simelane repeatedly hobbled the arms-deal probe.
Cosatu has welcomed the decision by a United Kingdom auditing body to launch a new investigation into South Africa’s arms deal.
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/ 21 October 2010
Defence contractor BAE Systems says the impact on its business of the UK’s cuts in defence spending will be "modest".
Unexplained deposits in Joe Modise’s bank account add to the mounting questions about the arms deal.
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/ 12 February 2010
So now it’s clear: BAE Systems paid bribes to sell its weapons — and prosecuting bosses in the United Kingdom are as politically pliant as our own.
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/ 6 February 2010
BAE Systems will pay about $450-million in fines in the United States and Britain, settling long-running corruption investigations.
the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office will seek to prosecute defence company BAE Systems, which may have implications for SA’s arms deal probe.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office set to prosecute UK arms giant over cash-for-contracts claims after plea bargaining talks stall.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office announced on Thursday it would seek prosecution of defence equipment firm BAE Systems over alleged corruption.
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/ 3 February 2009
An attempt to get the arms deal inquiry reopened is to be made in Wednesday’s meeting of the standing committee on public accounts in Parliament.
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/ 5 December 2008
New evidence of corruption in the arms deal is disclosed in documents used by the Scorpions to motivate for last week’s raids on premises countrywide.
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/ 28 November 2008
The Scorpions unit launched massive raids on Wednesday in what appears to be a final bid to lance the festering sore of the arms deal.
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/ 21 September 2008
Some South African officials indeed appear to be pursuing a ”no transparency” approach.
Recently Chief Justice Pius Langa gave an address on the relationship between the media and the judiciary in which he said he hoped one day it might be possible for our judges to be ”ordinary” men and women. To be fair, he was responding to a question raising concern about the extraordinary pressure our transition is placing on judge.
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/ 21 December 2007
What a country. Both our president-in-waiting and our police chief separately face the prospect of corruption and racketeering charges; our previous national director of public prosecutions was accused of once being an apartheid-era spy and all but hounded out of office for pursuing the first investigation; our current national director was suspended by the president for pursuing the second, writes Sam Sole.
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/ 26 November 2007
Denel group chief executive Shaun Liebenberg will not renew his contract when it expires on May 31 next year, the company said on Monday. Liebenberg was appointed in 2005 to manage Denel’s turnaround. While the company posted a loss of R549,1-million for the financial year ended March 31 2007, gross profit rose to R754-million.
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/ 20 November 2007
President Thabo Mbeki’s office said an investigation into the arms deal had already found no wrongdoing on the part of government. This followed a media report based on an addendum to Mbeki’s online letter in his capacity as president of the African National Congress on November 16.
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/ 13 November 2007
President Thabo Mbeki was involved in the African National Congress (ANC) leadership’s blocking of a parliamentary investigation into alleged bribery by BAE Systems and other weapons firms in South Africa’s biggest arms deal to date, according to a former MP who was driven out of the ANC for spearheading the inquiry.
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/ 25 October 2007
Britain’s Auditor General, the man charged with stopping government waste, announced he is stepping down on Thursday after criticism of his own lavish spending on foreign travel and top-notch restaurants. Sir John Bourn for 20 years served the British Parliament by making sure public money was not frittered away on frivolous projects.
Condemning Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is counterproductive and international powers should instead put their weight behind regional diplomatic efforts to unseat him, Tanzania’s president said on Friday. Jakaya Kikwete insisted the diplomatic approach favoured by African leaders ”will pay dividends”.