Adding some gravitas to this afternoon’s SONA spectacular will be two Gripen fighters from 2 Squadron, the premier fighter squadron of the SAAF
Social media was ablaze on Wednesday night after Jacob Zuma tweeted a photo of himself wielding a weapon. His son says it’s all an overreaction.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss and, after some of the terms of South Africa’s nuclear deal with Russia have come to light, I might be inclined to agree.
Some sneaking around by a few shrewd journalists has revealed a whole chunk of change invested in Switzerland by our fellow Saffas. Nothing wrong with that, but dig a little deeper.
Following the bust which saw millions of dollars confiscated from two Nigerians and an Israeli, some new details have emerged about the case.
Two of the three advocates responsible for assessing evidence before the arms deal commission have been removed from the case. Apparently they are “no longer available to serve” for “reasons that cannot be disclosed”. Make of that what you will.
The application to compel a Constitutional Court inquiry into the arms deal was withdrawn today. The application, made by Terry Crawford-Browne, was to force an independent investigation of the arms deal controversy. The call for an independent inquiry was made before the September announcement that Jacob Zuma would appoint a commission of inquiry into the deal.
Ah, the arms deal. It’s like the ANC’s bastard child that won’t go away. The government said it should be dropped, as there wasn’t enough evidence to any investigate further. That was until Saab revealed that they’d paid brides of about 24 million Rand. Now it seems that the Hawks are finally going to take another look at the torrid affair.