DSS Begins Probe Of Military Contracts, Arms Deal.

The Department of State Security Service (DSS) has started probing contracts awarded by the military and other security agencies.

The probe includes arms procurement in the past few years.

It was also learnt that some contractors were detained by the military for about 24 to 48 hours for quizzing.


The names of the contractors were however kept under wraps as at the time of filing this report.But the affected contractors were released after making relevant documents available to the security agency.According to investigation by our correspondent, the ongoing findings border on four pegs including:


*alleged extra-budgetary spending on military hardware and the sources of funding;

*what became of the $1billion approved for arms purchase by the National Assembly;

*the sources of the $15million seized by South Africa

*why the military budget had declined in the last five years or whether or not the military budget had been diverted to other use; and

*likely cases of mismanagement.

It was gathered that the presidency was disturbed that some of the immediate past Service Chiefs had complained of lack of equipment contrary to the records available to the government.Find the full story here