EYE ON THE DIAMONDS

IN 2007 TERRY CRAWFORD-BROWNE PUBLISHED THE EXPLOSIVE EYE ON THE MONEY. IT WAS PRIMARILY AN ACCOUNT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BANKING SANCTIONS CAMPAIGN AGAINST APARTHEID DURING THE 1980S, BUT ALSO DEALT WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF THE NOW WELL-DOCUMENTED SOUTH AFRICAN ARMS DEAL SCANDAL. EYE ON THE DIAMONDS IS A SEQUEL TO THE EARLIER BOOK AND PROVIDES UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE UNCOVERING OF THE SCANDAL. ITS PURPOSE IS TO KEEP THE ARMS DEAL SAGA AND THE VENALITY OF THE WAR BUSINESS IN PUBLIC FOCUS. IN 2008 CRAWFORD-BROWNE WAS ASKED TO LEAD A PUBLIC INTEREST APPLICATION TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AFTER HUGE VOLUMES OF EVIDENCE CONFIRMED HOW BAE AND OTHER ARMS COMPANIES PAID MASSIVE BRIBES TO POLITICALLY WELL-CONNECTED MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS -- THE SO-CALLED 'BLACK DIAMONDS' -- TO SECURE THEIR CONTRACTS. HIS APPLICATION FORCED PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA'S RELUCTANT APPOINTMENT IN OCTOBER 2011 OF A JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE THE SCANDAL. EYE ON THE DI