The DA wants the Hawks to investigate "questionable and improper" payments made by German company Ferrostaal in the sale of submarines to SA.
Ferrostaal probe shows submarine deal consortium paid more than $40-million to SA agents whose chief attraction was their influence on politicians.
Key arms deal lobbyist and apartheid-era sanctions buster Tony Georgiadis is part President Jacob Zuma’s 213-person-strong business delegation.
Company with connections to Georgiadis paid ‘consulting fees’ to former Thyssen executive
The Democratic Alliance (DA) submitted parliamentary questions to President Thabo Mbeki on Monday, asking him to clear the air on his alleged involvement in the arms deal. The <i>Sunday Times</i> reported that business magnate Tokyo Sexwale had made an "impassioned plea" for Mbeki "to take the ANC into his confidence".
Senior African National Congress leader Tokyo Sexwale has called on President Thabo Mbeki to explain his involvement in the controversial multibillion-rand arms deal, a media report said on Sunday. Sexwale made an impassioned plea to a hushed ANC national executive committee meeting on Friday for Mbeki "to take the ANC into his confidence".