17 years of delay tactics and counting: Zuma 783 crimes trial postponed AGAIN – to Feb
French arms company Thales and Zuma applied for leave from court attendance and this was granted by the Judge.
French arms company Thales and Zuma applied for leave from court attendance and this was granted by the Judge.
Having evaded the long arm of the law for 17 years, it appears Zuma will have his day in court over 783 counts of bribery and fraud.
The controversial arms deal which saw R30bn spent on military craft, submarines and fighter jets haunts South Africa to this day.
Terry Crawford-Browne has called on Parliament to investigate RDM and says Parliament has been deceived by the international arms industry.
Whatever critics think of him, none will dispute that Terry Crawford-Browne is truly “an unreasonable man”.
One could probably dub Andrew Feinstein – the feisty former African National Congress MP – as Mr World-Fighter-Against-Arms-Deal-Corruption.
The defence industry has been lobbying the government for months to change a clause in export documents which requires that export approvals are subject to human rights considerations.
Helmoed Romer Heitman thinks it does and makes out a strong case that the defence industry could have a positive economic impact.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma lost a court bid to have a graft case against him that dates back to the 1990s scrapped.
In another break with his implicated predecessors, SA president Cyril Ramaphosa refused to oppose the court application by Corruption Watch and fellow NGO Right2Know.