People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime – Call for Information

  People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg First Hearings: 3-7 February 2018 Call for Information and Witnesses The organising committee[1] for the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa hereby invites members of the public to submit information to be presented at the first hearings of the People’s Tribunal…

Inquiry puts whistle-blowers on trial

In treating the whistle-blowers as the subject of the investigation rather than the alleged corrupters, the Seriti Commission misses its mark. The arms companies have successfully avoided scrutiny at the Seriti Commission, essentially putting the whistle-blowers and critics on trial. The absence of the arms companies from the Seriti Commission is telling. The commission’s first…

Arms Deal document portal

Check out the Arms Deal Facts portal set up by the Right2Know Campaign at http://armsdealfacts.com/ You can download key evidence submitted to the Seriti Commission by former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein and researchers Paul Holden and Hennie van Vuuren, represented by Lawyers for Human Rights.  

Arms Deal: seven facts that aren’t going away

Anine Kriegler A recurring line from those trying to dismiss allegations of corruption in the Arms Deal is: “Show us the evidence.” During his testimony at the Seriti Commission two weeks ago, former president Mbeki took an opportunity to lash out at critics, saying: “For all of these years we have been saying, let this…