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Earlier this week, on the eve of naval exercises with the SA Navy and others off Simon’s Town, Iran pulled out. But there are still plenty of pictures of Iranian naval vessels on the Simon’s Town quay and their senior officers shaking hands with South African Navy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIDVAhY6kA President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is confident that he made the right decision in appointing Advocate Andy Mothibi as South Africa's new National Director of Public Prosecutions. The Presidency confirmed the appointment on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnYT9W88mzs The age of the newly-appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions is in the spotlight. Adv. Andy Mothibi is 63 years old, and some are questioning if age is on his side to get things done. President Cyril Ramaphosa...

The age of Andy Mothibi, newly appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), is difficult to determine via the internet. It is known that he graduated from NWU in 1987 with a B. Proc. degree. Assuming he commenced his tertiary academic career immediately...

After the selection panel interviews of December 10-11, it is plain to knowledgeable observers that the frontrunners for the soon-to-be vacant post of national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) are Hermione Cronje and Xolisile Khanyile. It is a blessing that...

Colette Ashton, writing on ISS Today and the Daily Maverick on 9 December, International Anti-Corruption Day, suggests that the people of South Africa have been waiting for ten years for reform of the country’s anti-corruption institutions. Ashton is an attorney with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbho_6pm_I Director of Accountability Now Advocate Paul Hoffman unpacks Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala's testimony today.

Paul Hoffman Nov 26, 2025 Livening my day is the response Martin van Staden has given (Questioning Hoffman’s broadside against SA’s federal Constitution) to my criticism (A little First Aid for Martin van Staden) of his openly reluctant support (A reluctant defence of...

Can it possibly be right that untold wealth has landed in the lap of the small handful of “black economic empowerment” (BEE) beneficiaries while poverty, inequality and joblessness grow exponentially in South Africa? Is there a viable alternative to BEE in its current...

KZN Department of Public Works and Infrastructure International Fraud Awareness Week Launch Speaking Notes on Successfully Countering Corruption Paul Hoffman SC Accountability Now www.accountabilitynow.org.za The Constitutional Framework The words fraud and corruption...

Now that both the Madlanga Commission and the ad hoc committee of parliament have taken evidence from General Mkhwanazi concerning the complaints he aired at a dramatic media conference in Durban on 6 July this year, it is possible to take a stab at anticipating the...

Paul Hoffman Nov 9, 2025 There is a crying need in South Africa to come up with a plan that will improve the capacity of the state to deal with the corrupt among us and effectively end their culture of impunity. So intense is this need that the President himself...