Meeting between three institutions rescheduled

6 March 2007

The meeting planned for 12 March 2007 between the Public Protector, Auditor General and the National Prosecution Agency has been rescheduled to 15 March 2007 due to reasons including logistics.

The meeting was scheduled following a complaint lodged with the Public Protector by a political party regarding an amount of money that Chippy Shaik, former head of procurement at the Defence Department, allegedly solicited from a bidder in the arms procurement process.

The Public Protector Adv Lawrence Mushwana and NPA head Adv Vusi Pikoli met on 19 February to discuss the way forward with the investigation. They both decided that the Auditor General should be part of the discussion as their institutions were involved in the Joint Investigation Team that investigated the arms procurement allegations in 2001.

For more information, contact Charles Phahlane on 012 366 7006 or 082 856 8188.

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