Just Cases Episode 11: “He knows how to operate in the shadows”

The corruption case against former South African president Jacob Zuma has begun. Zuma’s case lifts the lid on the influence of weapons companies on governments worldwide. “It’s not a story of a corrupt guy, Jacob Zuma,” says Hennie van Vuuren, the director of Open Secrets, a South African organisation that investigates economic crimes and abuses…

Seriti review can nail the arms vendors

Civil society groups Corruption Watch and the Right2Know Campaign have announced they will be taking the judicial commission of inquiry into the arms deal (the Seriti commission) on judicial review. They insist the public has been denied both truth and justice for corruption that continues to cost SA billions. The review is an attempt to…

PRESS STATEMENT BY ANDREW FEINSTEIN, PAUL HOLDEN AND HENNIE VAN VUUREN REGARDING THE RELEASE OF THE SERITI COMMISSION REPORT INTO THE ARMS DEAL

Press Statement by Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Hennie Van Vuuren, regarding the release of the Seriti Commission Report into the Arms Deal | 21 April 2016 On the 21st of April 2016, President Jacob Zuma announced the release of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity…