Riyaz Patel
Former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein, who consistently raised the issue of the arms deal in Parliament and maintained the Seriti commission was flawed, hailed the High Court judgment setting aside the Commission’s findings into the R30bn arms deal as an important legal moment as South Africa attempts to recover from state capture.
“The Arms Deal ushered a corrupt network into this country’s democratic politics and paved the way for contemporary state capture.”
Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden, and Hennie van Vuuren.
“The Arms Deal ushered a corrupt network into this country’s democratic politics and paved the way for contemporary state capture. If we are to challenge state capture in the present, we must acknowledge and seek justice for those instances of state capture from the past, and learn lessons for the future,” Feinstein said in a joint op-ed with author Paul Holden and anti-corruption activist Hennie van Vuuren.
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