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 based on the unconstitutionality and illegality of that component, concentrates on the […]
Arms Deals Case
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 rates, including interest accrued and with provision for […]
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 Marks Conference Centre in downtown Pretoria with fire trucks outside, the […]
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 content of books that they have written on the subject of misfeasance and […]
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 Institute for Accountability in Southern […]
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 Commission, to give it its proper name, is clearly not ready to start. The masses […]
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 that the first incursion into rights is often the most […]
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 get to the truth of what occurred when the new South African […]
Attorney Moabi’s Reply To Evidence Leaders And Chairperson
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