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Statements & Reaction from Political Parties

News Release : Former BAE agent charged with corruption	2010-01-29	Serious Fraud Office
Statement : DA: Steele and Maynier - DA Welcomes Scopa's Revisiting of Arms Deal Report	2009-10-21	Democratic Alliance
Statement regarding reasons for dropping charges against Jacob Zuma : DA Calls on Mpshe to Apologise and Resign	2009-04-15	Democratic Alliance
Response to Eddie Trent's Fairwell Parliamentary Speech by a Very Angry ANC MP Joan Fubbs : South Africa’s Inconvenient Truth	2009-02-19	Eddie Trent, Joan Fubbs
Statements : Appeal Court Ruling in Zuma Corruption Case Pikoli Not Being Reinstated Address to the Nation by Motlanthe on the Removal of Pikoli	2009-01-12 2008-12-08 2008-12-08	UDM The Presidency
Statement : Petition President Kgalema Motlanthe to Appoint Arms Deal Judicial Commission	2008-12-03	Desmond Tutu, F.W. de Klerk
Memorandum : Memorandum to the Directorate of Specialised Operations (DSO or Scorpions)	2008-08-29	African National Congress
Statements : Cape Judge President John Hllophe Judge Hlophe's Reply to Constitutional Court Complaint Read the full Constitutional Court statement on Cape Judge President John Hlophe Complaint Laid Against Hlophe for Interfering in Zuma Appeal	2008-07-02 2008-06-17 2008-05-30	Mandlakayise John Hlophe Constitutional Court Constitutional Court
Statements : Member's Statement - National Assembly DA: Trent in Possession of Documents - Cabinet and Government Links to Arms Deal DA to Question President on the Arms Deal Ad Hoc Committee	2008-08-21 2008-03-18 2008-01-15	Democratic Alliance
Press Release : Minister "Does Not Recall" whether She Travelled with Ginwala	2007-12-06	FF Plus
Criminal Charges against Chippy Shaik - DA Statement : “DA Slams NPA Refusal to Prosecute Chippy Shaik”	2007-08-02	Democratic Alliance
Zuma Corruption : No Decision to Charge Zuma Yet - NPA	2007-05-30	National Prosecuting Authority
C²I² Systems Claim for Damages : Joint Press Statement : South African Ministry of Defence, CCII Systems (Pty) Ltd and Richard Young	2007-05-26	MoD, CCII, Richard Young
Chippy Shaik Plagiarism Allegations : UKZN Vice-Chancellor’s Communique 01 UKZN Vice-Chancellor’s Communique 02 Response from Prof. V. Verijenko *** Press Statement : Yunis Shaik Notice of Disciplinary Enquiry : Prof. Adali Notice of Disciplinary Enquiry : Prof. Verijenko	2007-05-21	Various
Chippy Shaik Investigation : Public Protector's Letter On "Chippy" Shaik Allegations DA Acknowledges Response from the Public Protector regarding the Bribery Allegations'	2007-04-20	Office of Public Protector Democratic Alliance
Outcome of the Meeting of the Three Agencies : Media Statement Issued by Office of the Public Protector	2007-03-16	Office of Public Protector
Decision of Court of Appeal on Shabir Shaik Trial : SACP Statement	2006-11-06	SACP
Investigations by German Prosecutors on South Africa’s Arms Deal : DA : Trent - Request for Further Investigations in Respect of the Strategic Defence Procurement Package SACP : Statement on Investigations by German Prosecutors on South Africa's Arms Deal	2006-07-04 2006-07-10	Democratic Alliance SACP
Mbeki's Involvement in the Arms Deal : "Arms Deal Meetings: Someone is not Telling the Whole Truth" 'Mbeki and the Arms Deal : Is Ambassador Shielding the President?' Corvette & Arms Deal - Govt to be Ethically Upstaged if it Does Not Act 'Mbeki’s Involvement in the Arms Deal - DA Writes to Former Ambassador to Paris' Arms Deal - President Should Jog His Memory about Thomson-CSF Meeting	2006-07-20 2006-07-16 2006-07-03 2006-06-12 2005-12-19	Democratic Alliance
Media Statement : Office of the Public Protector - Defamation Action Against Adv. Selby Baqwa	2005-11-11	Public Protector
Another Corvette : A Fifth Corvette would be a Mistake - Taxpayer can't be made to Carry the Burden	2005-09-19	Democratic Alliance
Letters from President Thabo Mbeki : The Truth shall be Heard! In Search of Enemies We Must Defend Our Right to Determine Our Future Our Country Needs Facts, Not Groundless Allegations *** The Truth Stands in the Way of the Arms Accusers Public Broadcast of the President of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, on the issue of the Strategic Defence Acquisition Programme	2005-08-26 2004-06-11 2003-10-03 2003-05-30 2001-11-16 2001-01-19	ANC Today ANC Today ANC Today ANC Today ANC Today The Presidency, GCIS
Statement by The Alliance : Alliance 10-a-Side Meeting	2005-08-24	The Alliance
Statement by Cosatu : Cosatu says No to Corruption	2005-07-18	Cosatu
Statement by Thint : THINT Holdings Press Release on Corvette Combat Suite	2005-06-24	Thint, Sapa
Statements on the Release of Deputy President Jacob Zuma by the President : Statement of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Joint Sitting of Parliament on the Release of Hon Jacob Zuma from His Responsibilities as Deputy President Statement by the Honourable Jacob Zuma on the Decision taken by the President of the Republic DA Statement : President Thabo Mbeki Fires Jacob Zuma ANC Statement on Jacob Zuma's Resignation from Parliament	2005-06-14	President Thabo Mbeki Jacob Zuma Democratic Alliance ANC
Statements on the Schabir Shaik Trial : Zuma and the Zugzwang *** Ventilating Arms Deal Corruptors Their Dark Shadowy Corners Government Statement on the Outcome of the Durban Trial Statement on de Lille's Testimony in the Schabir Shaik Trial	2005-06-10 2005-06-08 2005-06-02 2004-11-30	Democratic Alliance Adv W.H. Heath SC GCIS Independent Democrats
Denel's Financial Standing : Address to Parliament by Minister Alec Erwin	2005-04-15	Sapa
The Next Precidency : Interview with Deputy President Jacob Zuma	2005-05-06	Mail and Guardian
Minutes of Special Cabinet Meeting : DA to Present New Arms Deal Evidence to SCOPA	2005-04-17	Democratic Alliance
Editing of Arms Deal Report : DA Calls for Ad Hoc Committee on A-G to Address Arms Deal Report Allegations this Friday	2005-01-31	Democratic Alliance
Cabinet Meetings : Statement on Cabinet Meeting - 6 October 2004 Statement on Cabinet Meeting - 21 November 2001	2004-10-06 2001-11-21	GCIS
Ngcuka Resignation Request : Patricia de Lille Comments Ngcuka Forced to Resign : PAC Ngcuka's Resignation a Pity : DA Appoint New Chief Prosecutor Urgently : NNP	2004-07-25 2004-07-25 2004-07-25 2004-07-25	Independent Democrats Sapa Sapa Sapa
Statement by Raenette Taljaard MP DA Spokesperson on Finance Shaikhs, ADS, Thales and Armscor Must Answer Tough Questions on Project Cocro DA Reax to NNP - Economists	2004-09-21 2004-04-07	Democratic Alliance
ANC Statement on Court Ruling : Cape High Court Dismisses Application by ECAAR to have the strategic arms procurement programme scrapped.	2004-03-04	ANC, Sapa
FirstRand Inquiry : Maharaj's Statement After the Bank's Inquiry	2003-08-17	Sunday Times
Economist Allied for Arms Reduction - South Africa : Constitutional Court Dismisses ECAAR-SA's Application Supreme Court, Bloemfontein Rejects ECAAR-SA's Petition ECAAR-SA's Application to Appeal to be Heard Tomorrow, May 5 Judgment in Arms Deal Case to be Given Tomorrow, Thursday, March 4 2004 ECAAR-SA's Application to Cancel the Arms Deal goes to Court on Tuesday, 17 February 2004 Bheki Jacobs Demands Full Inquiry into his Arrest ECAAR-SA Files Amending Papers Ahead of Arms Deal Court Case on 17 February Documents Severely Short, but Confirm Arms Deal Risks State Yields to ECAAR-SA on Arms Deal Affordability Study Documents Corvettes or Houses? Deputy Judge President Traverso Sets Court Dates Urgent Interdict : Arms Deal ECAAR-SA will Release BAeSystems Arms Deal Loan Agreements on Monday, September 22 at 10:30 am The Arms Deal : Betrayal of the Struggle Against Apartheid The 1999 "Memorandum to Patricia de Lille, MP from Concerned ANC MPs" Haunts South Africa's Democracy	Various	ECAAR-SA
The 'de Lille Dossier' : De Lille Shoots from the Lip and GCIS Chief Returns Fire De Lille Response to Netshitenze and the Government Communications The 1999 "Memorandum to Patricia de Lille, MP from Concerned ANC MPs" Haunts South Africa's Democracy *** Arms Procurement Process - Response to Allegations by Ms Patricia de Lille	2003-09-07 2003-09-06 2003-09-05 2003-09-04	Patricia de Lille Independent Democrats ECAAR GCIS
Allegations of Bribery against Deputy President Jacob Zuma : Statement by Bulelani Ngcuka NPA Investigation : Statement by Deputy President Jacob Zuma Independent Democrats Response to Deputy President Jacob Zuma's Statement Deputy President Zuma's Press Statement of 30 July 2003 Reply from Deputy President Zuma, to a Question tor Written Reply from the Democratic Alliance, National Assembly, 12 March 2003	2003-08-23 2003-08-15 2003-08-15 2003-07-30 2003-03-12	Bulelani Ngcuka The Presidency Patricia de Lille Jacob Zuma The Presidency
Mac Maharaj Resigns from FirstRand : FirstRand Statement Maharaj Statement	2003-08-14	FirstRand, Mac Maharaj
Winnie sentenced to five years in prison after her conviction on dozens of fraud and theft charges : ANC Statement on the Sentence Against Comrade Winnie Madikizela Mandela COSAS Racist on Winnie’s Verdict : FF	2003-04-25 2003-04-25	Sapa Sapa
Yengeni sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding parliament : ANC Statement on Yengeni Sentence Opposition Welcomes Yengeni Sentence Background Briefing on the Strategic Defence Procurement Package and Media Reports on Mr Tony Yengeni et al	2003-03-19 2003-03-20 2001-03-30	Sapa iafrica.co.za GCIS
Interesting Correspondence : Memorandum from Mandla Msomi; MP to F Mohamed - Parliamentary Ethics Committee Secretary	2002-05-08	Parliamentary Monitoring Group
Statements in Response to the Joint Investigation Report into the strategic defence packages : SA Government Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development, Dr Penuell Maduna National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr B.T. Ngcuka Public Protector, Adv Sam Baqwa *** Joint Statement by the Auditor-General, National Director of Public Prosecutions and Public Protector	November 2001	Government Communications
Former ANC MP and ANC Lead Member in SCOPA : Arms Deal Report Leaves Key Questions Unanswered	November 2001	Andrew Feinstein
Response to Colm Allan's Article : By Yacoob Abba Omar, Deputy CEO, Government Communication and Information Services	2001-01-27	IDASA
Heath Organograms : Statement by Rev. Frank Chikane	2001-01-23	The Presidency
The Presidency regarding Judge Heath : Statement by the Director General in the Presidency on behalf of President Mbeki	2001-01-19	The Presidency
Memorandum : Arms Deal Investigation	2001-01-18	Director Public Prosecutions
Views on the Arms Deal Report : Armed and Dishonest Discussion Document re Arms Deal Joint Investigation Report Findings of the Commission of Enquiry on the UDW	Unknown December 2001 1997-06-09	UDM UDM ANC
Betrayal of the Struggle Against Apartheid : A Summary of South Africa's R48 Billion Weapons Acquisition Programme, Related Offsets and Allegations of Corruption and Written Questions by Patricia De Lille, MP tabled in Parliament.	2000-09-28	ECAAR PAC
Defence Budget Vote : Address by the Minister of Defence on the Defence Budget Vote	1999-03-09	Minister of Defence
Parliamentary Briefing : Mr R.F. Haywood, Executive Chairperson of Armscor, on Proposed Armament Procurements	1998-08-03	GCIS
Defence Review Debate : Address by the Minister of Defence, Mr J. Modise: The Defence Review Debate - National Assembly, 20 August, 1997	1997-08-20	Mr J. Modise