When it is taken into consideration that the Democratic Alliance (DA) first launched its application for a judicial review of the decision of then ANDPP, Advocate Molokoti Mpshe, not to prosecute then private citizen Jacob Zuma in April 2009, the words which fell from...

The South African Arms Deal After 15 years since the 1996-1998 parliamentary Defence Review, I have finally on 17 November 2011 succeeded in South Africa's Constitutional Court (counterpart of the US Supreme Court) in forcing President Jacob Zuma to appoint a judicial...

Dear Vas, Congratulations on your appointment as chief evidence leader in the Seriti Commission of Inquiry into wrongdoing in the procurement of armaments for the new South Africa. This is indubitably the brief of your life and a golden opportunity to assist the...

On 12 November 2008 the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) held a protest meeting in St George's Cathedral in Cape Town. The theme of the evening was its demand for the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the arms deals. The entire leadership of the SJC was...

The application before The Constitutional Court, by Terence Crawford-Browne, regarding the Arms Deals case.

Experts from various European and African countries met this week at the Theodor Heuss Academy near Cologne, Germany. They discussed combating illegal business practices. Co-hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the African Forum in Brussels (Mazungumzo), the...

Since 30 September 2010, when the Hawks officially closed their investigations into criminality in the arms deals concluded by South Africa with various arms dealers based in Europe, there have been some developments which are good cause for hope for those who long to...

Over the last 4 days of October 2010 a remarkable conference was held in London at the Swedish church there. Attended by delegates from all continents the focus of attention was the proliferation of conventional armaments around the world in recent years and the...

A South African perspective on Gothenburg IV. During the last week of October 2010 a conference organised by four Swedish based organisations which support faith based advocacy for disarmament was held in London under the title "Gothenburg Process IV". The arms trade...

The deliberations of the conference of the Gothenburg Process held in London in October 2010 provide the opportunity for reflection upon the effectiveness and efficacy of faith based advocacy for disarmament. Now in its tenth year, the Gothenburg Process is driven by...

There was a flurry in the parliamentary standing committee on public accounts (SCOPA) dovecote last week when the SAPS top brass in the form of head of the Hawks, Anwar Dramat, asked whether it would be "in the national interest" to pursue further investigations into...

Letter by Terry Crawford-Browne to SCOPA chairman Themba Godi The Arms Deal 1. Locus Standi: I was appointed by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane to represent the Anglican Church during the 1996-1998 Parliamentary Defence Review. In keeping with the 1995 Defence White...

Attending a Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) hearing is a bit like watching paint dry; until it bursts into flames. Ably chaired by Themba Godi, the committee goes about its work with a careful eye on the parliamentary Friday clock that does not have any...

Andrew Feinstein's speech delivered at Campaign Against Arms Trade's 2009 National Gathering.    

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