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/ 15 October 2009
Old-school lobbyists such as Terry Crawford-Browne don’t need irritating noise-makers like Twitter or Facebook to create a stir around their egos.
Arms-deal lobbyist Terry Crawford-Browne has written to President Jacob Zuma asking again for a judicial inquiry into the multimillion-dollar deal.
Bheki Jacobs, who died last week at the age of 46, was one of the most remarkable figures to come out of the liberation struggle.
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/ 5 September 2008
Terry Crawford-Browne was on Friday found guilty of contempt of court over renewed claims that Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is corrupt.
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?
A Cape High Court judge on Monday dismissed an application to force Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to hand over arms-deal documents, activist Terry Crawford-Browne said. He said Judge Daniel Dlodlo ruled in essence ”that I had waited too long in asserting my rights to discovery of the documents”.
Arms-deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne on Thursday denied that he was waging a personal vendetta against Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. Addressing the Cape High Court, where he has applied for a contempt-of-court ruling against the minister and former finance director general Maria Ramos, he said: ”The arms deal is not some Trevor/Terry saga.”
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/ 25 February 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel should have considered asking for an apology rather than a gagging order against arms-deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne, the Cape High Court was told on Monday. Manuel is seeking an urgent interim order to stop Crawford-Browne from continuing to publicly accuse him of criminal conduct in signing loan agreements for the deal.