I2.2.179 :: Newspaper articles with reference to lead up to arms deal: The Sunday Independent, 25 May 1997 ‘Modise takes military begging bowl to Mbeki after no joy from Manuel’; Sunday Times, 14 May 1995 ‘Navy corvettes sail into a cabinet storm’; The Cape Times, 1 March 1995 ‘Buying of warships defended’; The Star, 19 November 1998 ‘Cabinet OK to huge arms deal’; Pretoria News, 19 November 19998 ‘Arms bonanza for SA’; Business Day, 3 October 1997 ‘SA to call for military equipment tenders by year-end, says Mbeki’; The Cape Times, 3 October 1996 ‘SANDF presents equipment shortlist: A new navy – for R3.7bn’; Mail & Guardian Online, 3 July 2006 ‘How Cabinet chose guns over butter’