The ‘Make South Africa Work Again’ Manifesto
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 19 August 2019 • DailyMaverick We need a broad consensus on what needs to be done to rescue the country from failure as a modern state. Accountability Now offers a draft Manifesto to make South Africa Work Again. The number one concern of most adult people living in South Africa […]
Land expropriation, Land grabs only possible with 75% majority vote in Parliament – legal expert
14th August 2019 by Jackie Cameron Paul Hoffman is an advocate who is part of the team at Accountability Now, an organisation devoted to public litigation. Hoffman takes aim at columnist Frans Cronjé, for he’s showing very little faith in the power of the Constitution to save us all from some of the “loonier excesses of […]
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 10 August 2019 • DailyMaverick Hoffman minimises Mkhwebane’s wriggle-room 12th August 2019 by Chris Bateman While the court judgements pile up against her, the latest being President Cyril Ramaphosa’s interdict to prevent her ordered censure by him of his Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, soldiers on, […]
Are the wheels of criminal justice turning against the corrupt?
28 July 2019 by Paul Hoffman Speaking at an event organised in memory of the late Kader Asmal, our new National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batoyi, pointed out, quite rightly, that those in the prosecution service over the past ten years (since the demise of the Scorpions) have been attempting to ensure that suspects […]
The economy, stupid.
3 August 2019 By Paul Hoffman Although the phrase “it’s the economy stupid” has found its way into the lexicon of politics worldwide, in fact, the Clinton campaign strategist who came up with the notion in Clinton’s successful 1992 campaign for the US presidency actually said “The economy, stupid” when asked to identify the three […]
Busi Must Go
5 August, 2019 by Paul Hoffman The brouhaha surrounding the credibility and suitability for high office of the current Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has reached a crescendo of ugly noise in which the facts and applicable legal principles seem to be playing an increasingly irrelevant role. In order to concentrate the minds of those involved […]
Firing another two barrels at PP Busisiwe Mkhwebane
7 August 2019 Paul Hoffman Joining us now is Paul Hoffman from Accountability. Paul you’re a popular guy. Lots of people wanted to get hold of you today, not surprising because you have launched another two barrels at the Public Protector. When we spoke a couple of weeks ago you had put forward a proposal […]
Why Accountability Now has laid charges against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 5 August 2019 • DailyMaverick The brouhaha surrounding the credibility and suitability for high office of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has reached a crescendo of ugly noise in which the facts and applicable legal principles seem to be playing an increasingly irrelevant role. In order to concentrate the minds of […]
Prosecution service can start going after bigwigs among the corrupt
Suspects in grand corruption were not investigated and prosecuted as they should have been 30 July 2019 – 05:10 Paul Hoffman Speaking at an event organised in memory of the late Kader Asmal, our new National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batoyi, pointed out, quite rightly, that those in the prosecution service over the past […]
Illegal tinkering with the Constitution is dangerous and could be costly to those who do so
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 30 July 2019 The best interests of South Africa are served by the retention of the status quo. Expropriation with compensation is more likely to render the economic development of South Africa sustainable than expropriation without compensation ever will. The parliamentary processes around what is euphemistically called “expropriation without compensation” […]
