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In case anyone out there had any misconception about how things work in our country, let me set the record straight. For some time now the Scorpions have been under investigation by parliament in order to establish why they exist and what their mandate is. This is ever since the arms deal and "travelgate" investigations but especially since the head boss (of the Scorpions) at the time made public that they had enough prima fa cia evidence against Jacob Zuma regarding bribes paid by Thomson-CSF (whom got a nice slice of the arms deal) to take him to court.

Hence the ongoing court case against Shaik and his companies. A big can of worms were opened here with clear evidence that Zuma was living way beyond his means.

Back to the Scorpions - the high court judge in charge of the Scorpion investigation is married to a director of Kgorong Investment Holdings which in turn is the BEE (black empowerment) partner of Reutech Radar Systems which in turn is under (umbrella) investigation by the Scorpions as far as the whole arms deal story is concerned. With me?

Judge Khampepe will decide if the Scorpion unit will remain as is or if they should form part of the (general) police service. Now I do not care two dimes about her "own reputation to protect" as the general (informed) public will see it as conflict of interest if she should decide on the Scorpions demise. With the success rate of this unit against the likes of former transport minister (Mac Maharaj), arms deal favorite Tony Yengeni, old Jacob Zuma himself and businessman Schabir Shaik it's no wonder the ANC is getting a bit itchy under the collar.

According to a report in The Star newspaper today (7 April) our Police Commissioner came under some flack from parliament on the state of the police service. Laying the blame on everyone else except for taking responsibility he raged about the Education Department producing matriculants (a requirement for joining the police) that cannot construct a sentence.

Here's a man that's needed in the armed forces - seems he believes in counter-attack when attacked. Good boy! (no pun intended).

The Department of Social Development has had a thorn in the side for quite some time now. That is ghost beneficiaries claiming grants from the department every month. A civil servant was caught claiming R2.75 million in grants with some 37 000 others under investigation. The relevant minister claims that these fraudulent claims cost the state (re. us) about R1,5 billion a year.

The Scorpions busted one Roeline Whitehouse after a tip-off. ID numbers and names from dead people were used, non-existing people and people who never registered for social grants were paid to Whitehouse between Dec. 1994 and Sep. 2004. Now if one person could get away with this for so long, imagine what a syndicate could get out of this system!

Weekly View
	7 April 2005
In case anyone out there had any misconception about how things work in our country, let me set the record straight. For some time now the Scorpions have been under investigation by parliament in order to establish why they exist and what their mandate is. This is ever since the arms deal and "travelgate" investigations but especially since the head boss (of the Scorpions) at the time made public that they had enough prima fa cia evidence against Jacob Zuma regarding bribes paid by Thomson-CSF (whom got a nice slice of the arms deal) to take him to court. Hence the ongoing court case against Shaik and his companies. A big can of worms were opened here with clear evidence that Zuma was living way beyond his means. Back to the Scorpions - the high court judge in charge of the Scorpion investigation is married to a director of Kgorong Investment Holdings which in turn is the BEE (black empowerment) partner of Reutech Radar Systems which in turn is under (umbrella) investigation by the Scorpions as far as the whole arms deal story is concerned. With me? Judge Khampepe will decide if the Scorpion unit will remain as is or if they should form part of the (general) police service. Now I do not care two dimes about her "own reputation to protect" as the general (informed) public will see it as conflict of interest if she should decide on the Scorpions demise. With the success rate of this unit against the likes of former transport minister (Mac Maharaj), arms deal favorite Tony Yengeni, old Jacob Zuma himself and businessman Schabir Shaik it's no wonder the ANC is getting a bit itchy under the collar. According to a report in The Star newspaper today (7 April) our Police Commissioner came under some flack from parliament on the state of the police service. Laying the blame on everyone else except for taking responsibility he raged about the Education Department producing matriculants (a requirement for joining the police) that cannot construct a sentence. Here's a man that's needed in the armed forces - seems he believes in counter-attack when attacked. Good boy! (no pun intended). The Department of Social Development has had a thorn in the side for quite some time now. That is ghost beneficiaries claiming grants from the department every month. A civil servant was caught claiming R2.75 million in grants with some 37 000 others under investigation. The relevant minister claims that these fraudulent claims cost the state (re. us) about R1,5 billion a year. The Scorpions busted one Roeline Whitehouse after a tip-off. ID numbers and names from dead people were used, non-existing people and people who never registered for social grants were paid to Whitehouse between Dec. 1994 and Sep. 2004. Now if one person could get away with this for so long, imagine what a syndicate could get out of this system!	Past Views Current Joke Past jokes Gallery Links Current Exchange Rate Daily News Headlines Articles
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