The Quaker Peace Centre (QPC) has instituted a claim against the South African government to cancel that component of the Arms Deal with British Aerospace [Operations] limited (BAe) and to recover some R35 billion for the beleaguered SA fiscus. The claim which is...
Summons and Particulars of Claim – BAe Arms Deal
The action instituted by the Quaker Peace Centre concentrates on the biggest of the arms deals, that with BAe. It is intended to set a precedent. In terms of this deal, Hawk and Gripen fighter jets were acquired at a cost of R35 billion [at 2015 currency exchange...
Seriti And A Surreal Start
On 5 August 2013, almost two years after its appointment, the Seriti Commission, or to give it the formal name chosen, the Arms Procurement Commission (APC), sat for the first time. Not surprisingly, and without apology, the abortive hearing started late in the Sammy...
Seriti Commission – Round Two Set To Commence
The Seriti commission may be about to kick off its second attempt at hearing evidence, having aborted a long-awaited hearing scheduled for March this year. The abandoned hearing would have seen a parade of whistle blowers telling their stories and explaining the...
Two Days At The Arms Deal Inquiry
My First Two Days as an IFAISA Intern at the Seriti Commission. The Arms Procurement Commission (APC) chaired by Judge Willie Seriti has been dogged by scandal in the last few months. The first two days that I spent at the APC were no different. As an intern with the...
Searching For Seritiman
The postponement of the first hearing of the Seriti Commission into malfeasance, irregularities and corruption in the notorious arms deals and the imaginary off-set deals that accompanied them back in 1999 is not necessarily a bad thing. The Arms Procurement...
The Importance Of Getting It Right In The Arms Procurement Commission
The late Mr Justice Arthur Chaskalson, then President of the Constitutional Court, later Chief Justice of South Africa, in a paper delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Law Society of Transvaal on Friday 28 October 1994 in Pretoria said: "We need to remember...
Judge Seriti’s Comments On Moabi’s Utterances Published In The Mail & Guardian
Judge Seriti's, brief comment on some of his latest utterances, contained in a letter that was extensively quoted in the Mail & Guardian of Friday, 25 January 2013. download
The Motto Of The Arms Procurement Commission
Its official; beneath its striking logo, the motto of the Arms Procurement Commission is writ large: "Transparency, Accountability and the Rule of Law". A laudable collection of values to guide the Commission through the troubled waters it has to traverse in order to...
Attorney Moabi’s Reply To Evidence Leaders And Chairperson
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Judge Seriti’s Statement
Press statement by the Chairperson download
Evidence Leader’s Response
Evidence Leader's response to Attorney Moabi's resignation letter download
Seriti Commission Sails Into Stormy Waters
The purpose of a presidentially appointed commission of inquiry is that it serves as an instrument of policy advice. An objective look at an issue troubling government by judges sworn to act without fear, favour or prejudice is a salutary way of gleaning unbiased...
Resignation Letter Of Attorney Norman Moabi
The War Business Is Out-Of-Control
Address by Terry Crawford-Browne to Ceasefire Campaign workshop on the 2nd Global Day of Action on Military Spending, Johannesburg, April 17 2012 Almost a century ago, just before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, a British parliamentarian, Philip Snowden...
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