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Selby Baqwa
Public Protector, leading the public hearings in the arms deal.

Terry Crawford-Browne
Spokesperson for ECAAR (Economists Allied for Arms Reduction)

Patricia De Lille
Member of Parliament for the Pan Africanist Congress

Geoff Doidge
ANC Member of Parliament took over ANC leadership in parliamentary public accounts committee after Andrew Feinstein was removed

Shauket Fakie
Auditor General released a special report to Parliament on 15th September 2000

Andrew Feinstein
Fired as head of the ANC group on the parliamentary public accounts committee. He was instrumental in getting parliament to call for a probe into the arms deal

Douglas Gibson
Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance

David Griesel
Armscor head of acquisition systems

Judge Willem Heath
Appointed by President Nelson R Mandela, as Head of the Heath Special Investigating Unit (March 1997) mandated to investigate mal-administration, corruption, fraud, theft and misappropriation of State assets and monies on a National level.

Mossuioa Lekota
Defence Minister

Penuell Maduna
Justice Minister

Moeletsi Mbeki
Brother of President Thabo Mbeki

Joe Modise
Former Defence Minister - He is currently chairman of Marvotech, a company which at last year's Africa Aerospace and Defence show at Waterkloof Air Force Base, advertised itself as a bridge between local and Russian defence companies

Fazela Mohamed
Parliament's registrar of members' interests, recommended a further parliamentary probe of how ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni acquired his luxury MercedesBenz car

Lt General Lambert Moloi
Former aide to Joe Modise

Jayendra Naidoo
Chief government negotiator for the acquisitions. He co-ordinated financing negotiations

Essop Pahad
Minister in the office of the Presidency

Paul Setsetse
Spokesman for the Justice Ministry

Shamin "Chippy" Shaik
Head of the arms acquisition programme informed Jayendra Naidoo of potential conflict of interest.

Shabir Shaik
Brother of "Chippy" Shaik and Director of African Defence Systems; Director of Thomson CSF

Gavin Woods
IFP MP and chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Public Accounts

Tony Yengeni
African National Congress Chief Whip. Former Chairman of Parliament's Joint Committee on Defence. Yengeni's Mercedes Benz four-wheel drive, valued at R359 000 rand was bought by a senior DASA staff member and registered in Yengeni's name three days later.

With acknowledgement to SABC News.