Evidence given at the inquiry by government’s head of acquisitions during the arms deal might contain at least one controversy previously introduced.
The former chief of acquisitions for the South African National Defence Force denies having a hand in dodgy deals and influencing tender awards.
Shamin Shaik and Fana Hlongwane have been subpoenaed to testify during phase two of the arms procurement commission.
Contradictory sets of minutes from an August 1998 meeting cast doubt on government’s decision to buy the more expensive jets.
Shamin "Chippy" Shaik, who headed acquisitions for the SANDF, may be subpoenaed to appear at the arms deal commission, according to reports.
The third edited extract from <i>The Devil in the Detail — How the Arms Deal Changed Everything</i>, analyses the helicopter contract.
Ferrostaal probe shows submarine deal consortium paid more than $40-million to SA agents whose chief attraction was their influence on politicians.
A ‘poorly drafted’ six-page document informed the decision to end the arms deal investigation.
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/ 27 October 2010
The tepid statement made by the Hawks reveals the pitfalls of creeping hegemonic power.
The National Prosecuting Authority maintained a stony silence this week on the Hawks’ canning of the arms deal probe.
The arms deal investigation is dead. After a decade of investigators’ blood, sweat and tears, Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has effectively buried the probe.
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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.
Political connections of a company that won part of the R43-billion arms package are at the centre of the latest disclosures in the unfolding scandal.
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/ 19 January 2001
Thomson CSF in South Africa is one of the beneficiaries of the R43-billion arms deal and is controlled by majority shareholders Thomson CSF France.
The brother of the defence secretariat’s chief of acquisition has been a director, since 1996, of a company awarded contracts worth R400-million.