Speaker, I hereby give notice that I shall move the following motion on the next sitting day of the House:
That the House-
(1) notes -
(a) the revelations in Parliament concerning the procurement of eight Airbus A400M transport aircraft for the SA Air Force;
(b) that, according to the chief executive officer of Armscor, Sipho Thomo, the estimated cost of procuring the aircraft has increased by R30 billion from R17 billion in 2005 to R47 billion in 2009;
(c) that, according to a report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statement of the Special Defence Account for the 2008-09 financial year, irregular expenditure to the amount of R2,9 billion had been incurred in procuring the aircraft; and
(d) that a number of departments, including the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Public Enterprises, the Department of Transport, the National Treasury and the Department of Defence, played a role in the acquisition of the aircraft; and ...