Cabinet today formally confirmed its acceptance of the findings and recommendations of Joint Investigation into the Armaments Procurement Packages by the Auditor-General, the Public Protector and the National Director of Public Prosecutions. Government wishes once more to express its gratitude to the investigators for the professional manner in which they handled this matter.* The Department of Defence assisted by other relevant Departments has been instructed to make proposals on how government should action these recommendations.

For further information contact Joel Netshitenzhe, 082 900 0083

Issued by: Government Communications (GCIS), 21 November 2001

With acknowledgement to Government Communications (GCIS)

* Government in general and Cabinet in particular must have indeed been grateful to these three stooges for letting them off the hook.

But until they come clean, the torture will never stop.