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...
A Civil Solution To The ARMS DEALS CORRUPTION Conundrum
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...
Hugh Glenister v President of the Republic of South Africa & Others
The key question in this case is whether the national legislation that created the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, known as the Hawks (DPCI), and disbanded the Directorate of Special Operations, known as the Scorpions (DSO), is constitutionally valid....
The Scorpions vs The Hawks – A Royal Battle
The Constitutional Court judgment handed down on Thursday last week involving Glenister versus the President of the Republic of South Africa, is undoubtedly a landmark judgement that is likely to spawn important political and constitutional consequences. It is...
Letter About “The Arms Deal” To SCOPA Chairman Themba Godi
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...
The Respondents’ Heads of Argument
The case in the Constitutional Court of South Africa between Hugh Glenister and the State download
Glenister’s Heads of Argument
The case in the Constitutional Court of South Africa between Hugh Glenister and the State download
Simelane And The Slippery Slope
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...
The hawks won’t fly
The response by Chippy Shaik to inquiries about the $3million arms deal bribe he allegedly organized himself with the German shipbuilders is instructive. Unlike the bigger fish who threaten interdicts, claims for damages for defamation and other dire litigious...
Truly Professional Teachers Are Needed Now
Basic education, the process of learning and teaching the applicable curricula in our public schools up to matric level, inescapably occurs in the classroom, not in the 27,000 principals' offices, not in the management offices of departments of education and not in...
Andrew Feinstein And The BAE Deals
Andrew Feinstein's speech delivered at Campaign Against Arms Trade's 2009 National Gathering.
Open Letter To President Kgalema Motlanthe By Archbishop Tutu And Former President F.W. de Klerk (1st December 2008)
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