ARMS-COMMISSION

Africa Rise and Shine

South Africa's Judicial Conduct Committee will meet next month, following a complaint against the two judges who were appointed to preside the Arms Deal Commission, Willie Seriti and Hendrick Musi. The Committee will recommend whether or not arms deal inquiry judges should be investigated. This follows a complaint against the judges, laid by two organisations, Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations last year. The judges appointed by former President Jacob Zuma presided over the R 150 million arms deal inquiry in 2016 and found no evidence of corruption. In 2019, the High Court in Pretoria set aside the final report of the commission. For more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Constitutional Expert, Professor Pierre de Vos....