Tag Archives: David Maynier

Concern over ‘weapon’ sales to Zimbabwe

September 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

SOUTH Africa exported more than R2bn-worth of weapons in the second quarter of this year but it is the R2,2m sale of equipment to Zimbabwe that has caused concern. The second-quarter report of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee, chaired … read more »

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Minister confirms probe of MTN bribery allegations

July 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has confirmed that allegations former South African ambassador to Iran, Yusuf Saloojee, received payments from cellphone giant MTN are being investigated. That is an apparent reversal of an earlier position which was that if anyone … read more »

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S.Africa Jacob Zuma to spent R2bn Presidential jet

June 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – Defence Minister Sam Makhudu Guluybe is in the US to finalise the purchase of a 300-seater R2bn Boeing for President Jacob Zuma, a report said on Friday. The VIP jet would cost $150m (about R1.26bn) and an extra … read more »

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South Africa lawmaker challenges arms sale to Libya

March 24, 2011 by benim

A South African opposition lawmaker was ejected from parliament on Wednesday after suggesting a minister had “blood on his hands” for authorising the sale of arms to Libya. David Maynier, a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance, was ordered to … read more »

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