By Khanyisa Tabata
20 November 2011
A report in a Sunday newspaper alleges that President Jacob Zuma's spokesperson Mac Maharaj could have benefitted from bribes paid by French weapons manufacturer Thales.
The company will be at the centre of the government's arms deal inquiry next year.
According to the paper, its journalists have spent two months uncovering a paper trail that they say links Zuma's former financial adviser Schabir Shaik to Maharaj, his wife Zarina and Thales.
Shaik was convicted of corruption in the arms deal trial.
Meanwhile, Mail & Guardian editor Nic Dawes has vowed to fight the criminal charges Maharaj has laid against his publication and two journalists in connection with a report it did not publish.
Dawes says the charges will not wash in court as the National Prosecuting Act refers to disclosure of information obtained, and not the possession of it.
Maharaj wants police to investigate the possible theft of the records of various inquiries.
The former transport minister is adamant that he is innocent. He points out that he has not been charged, despite extensive investigations over the years.
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