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12 May 2021 - Lee-Anne Bruce CALS represents Open Secrets and the Unpaid Benefits Campaign in a challenge to the secretive process for making appointments to the FSCA Open Secrets and the Unpaid Benefits Campaign (UBC), represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), have approached the Gauteng High Court to set aside portions of the regulations that were made in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation, relating to the appointment process of the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner...

Arms Deal Inquiry judges to face misconduct investigation 11 May 2021 5:24 PM Share This: Investigative journalist Karyn Maughn says South Africa has never had a situation where judges have had to explain their conduct. It has been reported that the judges who presided over the R150 million Arms Deal Inquiry, which found no evidence of corruption in the multibillion-rand deal, are now facing an investigation for " incapacity and gross misconduct". Investigative journalist Karyn Maughn explained...

JSC committee to investigate complaint against arms deal judges 11 May 2021 - 15:48 Judge Willie Seriti was chair of the commission of inquiry into the arms deal. A complaint against him and fellow commissioner judge Hendrick Musi has been referred to the Judicial Conduct Committee to decide whether it should be reported to the judicial conduct tribunal. File photo. Image: PEGGY NKOMO The Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) will meet on June 12 to recommend whether a compl...

Bredon Croft, Gallo Images The judges who presided over the R150 million Arms Deal Inquiry, which found no evidence of corruption in the multibillion-rand deal, are now facing an investigation for "incapacity, gross incompetence or gross misconduct". Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Sello Chiloane has confirmed that the JSCs conduct committee will hold a formal investigation into the complaint lodged against Judges Willie Seriti and Judge Hendrick Musi by non-profit organisations Ope...

This Sunday, the world marks International Day of Living Together in Peace. The United Nations declared this to fall on 16 May annually to reinvigorate the world’s push for peace. It says: “The Day aims to uphold the desire to live and act together, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity and harmony.” “The Day aims to uphold the desire to live and act together, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable ...

Popular Information reported that Koch Industries gave a total of $17,500 to six lawmakers who voted against Bidens certification, including North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson and Kansas Rep. Ron Estes. This came after the Koch political network, which is also controlled by billionaire businessman Charles Koch, told Politico that "lawmakers actions leading up to and during last weeks insurrection will weigh heavy  in our evaluation of future support." The chemical-manufacturing company did not...

Gordhan must answer to Parliament over Denel’s involvement in Yemeni war Issued by Michele Clarke MP – Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises 02 May 2021 in News The DA will write to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to request that Minister Pravin Gordhan appear before Parliament to answer for the role of Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) in the humanitarian civil war in Yemen. In addition, we want the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NACC) ...

An investigative team of researchers claims that Denel, under the guidance of Pravin Gordhan, might have 'profited from the misery' inflicted upon Yemen.

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Yemen. Photo: iStockPhoto The DA says it will write to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to request that Minister Pravin Gordhan appear before Parliament to answer for the role of Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) in the humanitarian civil war in Yemen, a war that has left at least 12 million children requiring humanitarian aid. “In addition, we want the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NACC) and the Directorate of the Conventional Arms Control (DCAC...