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Paul Hoffman Sep 14, 2026 Many admirable sentiments are expressed in the DM opinion piece penned by Xola Nqola, an ANC MP, who is chair of the justice portfolio committee in the National Assembly. However, he misses the mark by a country mile; here’s why. The theme...

The admirable team of evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission deserve high praise for securing and presenting the evidence of Dr Mark Shaw, the Geneva-based guru on organised crime and serious corruption, who happens to be a South African. He is the executive...

That self-effacing “humble newspaperman”, Mondli Makhanya, has outdone himself by penning a couple of choice phrases in his predictions for the ANC’s fortunes in the upcoming municipal elections. As the comments are tucked away at the end of a long Daily Maverick...

Dear Editor, According to the IEC a record number of voters in SA, about 29 million, have registered to vote in the local government elections in November. SA has an overall population of about 63 million people of whom approximately 21 million are under 18 years old...

Accountability Now's Paul Hoffman on the Madlanga Commission, IDAC's constitutional risk and 25 years of South Africa's fight against corruption. Published on: 26 Aug 2026 LISTEN HERE: A commission of inquiry can't jail anyone. It can't force government to do anything...

Dear Editor, The Gordons Institute of Business Science boasts an Anti-Corruption Coalition which does good work in the field of righting our ship of state’s capacity to deal with serious corruption and organised crime. Its most recent guest speakers gathered at GIBS...

 Paul Hoffman Professor Pierre de Vos is a professor of constitutional law at UCT. He occupies the Claude Leon chair at that august institution. Jonny Steinberg was a professor of African Studies at Oxford for nine years. The first professor has penned an article...

Dear Editor, In paragraph 33 of the unanimous five judge SCA judgement in Mpumalanga Society of Advocates v Judicial Service Commission and Others (1186/2024) [2026] ZASCA 99 (7 July 2026) a unanimous court found that: ‘[33] The JSC is an organ of State. Accordingly,...

 Paul Hoffman Aug 4, 2026 The Chief Whip of the DA, Glynnis Breytenbach has let it be know that she intends to pilot a private member’s bill, what she calls a “PMB”  through parliament aimed at achieving the repeal of the IDAC legislation which was brought onto the...

 Paul Hoffman Jul 28, 2026 The good reason for closing down IDAC is not the resignation of its leader and her underwhelming showing at the Madlanga Commission. It is that IDAC is not a constitutionally compliant body and has none of the qualities required of it by the...