South Africa: Calls for investigation into oil deal

A South African political party has asked parliament to debate claims that relatives of cabinet members benefited from a controversial oil deal. The Freedom Front said it sought "an urgent debate about apparent conflicts of interest" around the "Oilgate" case. Two weeks ago, the Mail & Guardian newspaper reported that the governing ANC received $2m from a state oil deal. A week later, a firm involved in the purchase won an interdict barring the paper from printing further details.