South Africa: Arms Deal Investigation Could Take Another Five Years

Cape Town — After more than 10 years, investigations into allegations of corruption in the multibillion-rand arms deal - including R480m allegedly involving British and German manufacturers - are languishing and could take at least another five to 10 years to finalise.

Opposition parties responded in Parliament yesterday, saying authorities are dragging their feet, shuffling papers between different agencies and stalling the investigation, which should be expedited.

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