Opposition members of parliament allege that the arms deal, worth some 50 billion rand ($6 billion) all told, was marred by backhanders.In this section Trouble, trouble Model country loses marks Israeli settlements and the Palestinian uprising Jabs for babies in hot poor places ReprintsThe government's response has been to stall, bluster and accuse its accusers of racism.
Serial offenders may tell their critics to get lost, but that does not mean that the process isn't being taken seriously by the accused or by the accusers.
Even if they believe the accusations, they do not believe the accusers are any purer.Both of these factors corruption and personalities lead cynics to argue that little has changed: the same old people go on running the place in the same corrupt old way.
Jordan's mother, Dorothy Begley, had rung the police, concerned that her son had been accused of theft and was threatening to confront his accusers with a knife.
However strongly the accused may protest that he or she remains loyal to Islam, the accusers can still find some ground on which to prove guilt.So who will speak up for Mr Qimani and similar outcasts?
BUSINESSPEOPLE are fond of accusing business academics of being all mouth and no trousers (if the accusers are British) or all hat and no cattle (if they are Texan).
All it takes is for one person to say something, then you have all these other people wanting to get their 15 minutes of fame," he said of Cosby's accusers.
Instead, he described Ghomeshi's accusers as "educated and employed"; readers were rightly appalled.
When I first asked Ghomeshi's original accusers to tell me their stories, they agreed to do so on the condition that I would protect their identities.
He also said that he had made up with Sarah Wollaston, the fellow Tory who encouraged his accusers to go to the police.
The time has long since passed for legal technicalities, for saying that the burden of proof lies with America's accusers or for pointing out the unquestionable evil of the men America is fighting.
