There are grounds for deep concern about the controversial multi-billion rand South African arms deal transaction and especially about the part of the United Kingdom in it, says this report from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). The report says South Africa urgently needs to spend money on the development of civil industry, water supplies, education, housing and health - and above all on the mitigation of the catastrophe that is AIDS. On the other hand, it faces no military threat, and peace-keeping in Africa needs troops and light equipment, not warships, fighter planes and tanks. "The deal supports the mutual interests of the European and South African politico-military-industrial complexes. The real needs of the South African people do not figure."