Programme News
6 March 2014
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Inwoners van Carolina en Silobela ervaar weer ’n waterkrisis nadat suur mynwater twee jaar gelede uit hul krane geloop het.
Hierdie keer is hulle gewaarsku om nie die water uit hul boorgate te drink voordat hulle dit nie laat toets het nie omdat van die grondwater met E.coli en nitrate besoedel is.
Regslui vir Menseregte (RMR) het in ’n verklaring gesê mense het die laaste tyd...
5 March 2014
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ARMSCOR’s counter-trade agreements with foreign arms suppliers outside of the 1999 arms deal amounted to R5.4bn between 1988 and 2000, the Arms Procurement Commission heard on Tuesday.
Johannes Bernhardus de Beer, Armscor’s manager of defence industrial participation agreements, was testifying about the origin and rationale of the concept of Defence Industrial Participation within...
4 March 2014
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Under apartheid you could be detained for 90 days without trial, under democracy you can be detained for 120 days without trial – if you’re an undocumented migrant.
Documents matter because they’re your first ticket to get you out of a place like the notorious Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp.
Built in 1996 the centre is a holding facility to repatriate those in the...
4 March 2014
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Arms Procurement Commission chairman Judge Willie Seriti said on Monday he was disappointed at yet another delay in the commission’s proceedings.
The evidence of Armscor project manager Frits Nortje was postponed until March 17 to allow the commission’s evidence leaders to reach an agreement with arms-deal critic Richard Young to produce the documents he needed to cross-examine Mr...
1 March 2014
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Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP and author of The Shadow World: Inside the global arms trade, was interviewed by Power FM's Chris Vick about the Seriti Commission of Inquiry into the arms deal.
28 February 2014
(Press release)
Paul Holden and I have cooperated with the Arms Procurement Commission since its inception in the hope that it would finally reveal the full truth of the notorious Arms Deal that will ultimately cost the South African taxpayer around R70-billion.
From early on in its existence I offered to assist the Commission in any way I could. Members of the research team asked me to introduce them to...
27 February 2014
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Three Arms Deal critics say they will pursue all legal avenues to ensure that those who took bribes in the multi-billion rand arms contracts, are brought to book.
Former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein expressed dismay at challenges in accessing classified and top secret documents.
Feinstein and co-author Hennie van Vuuren called on the commission this afternoon to "repay taxpayers with the full,...
27 February 2014
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In spite of a perceived lack of trust in the arms deal commission, activists Hennie van Vuuren and Andrew Feinstein on Thursday said it must be allowed to complete its mandate, adding that anything less would be a "betrayal of the South African public".
Feinstein and Van Vuuren, both authors who have written extensively about the arms deal, said in spite of the commission's...
27 February 2014
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Two of the arms deal's fiercest critics believe the truth will eventually come out.
Former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein and arms deal researcher Hennie van Vuuren said yesterday that challenges ranging from postponements to resignations would not stop the Arms Procurement Commission from doing its work.
The commission, chaired by Judge Willie Seriti, is investigating allegations of fraud,...
27 February 2014
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Two of the arms deal’s fiercest critics expressed concern on Thursday about the flow of statements that has put limitations on their ability to cross-examine witnesses.
On Thursday, former African National Congress MP Andrew Feinstein and arms deal researcher Hennie van Vuuren said that the questioning of witnesses at the commission so far had been inadequate, and failed to address a number...