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LETTER: Can we expect more ANC talking, compacting and dithering?
Sub-committees of the ANC’s NEC are still talking about anticorruption ‘recommendations’ two years after its resolution pointed in the right direction 04 August 2022 – 16:15 https://spkt.io/e/4763444 It is most appropriate that the hastily arranged “social sector summit” (part of the president’s “call … to address the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality”) is […]
Power to Truth with JJ Tabane | Patrick Lumumba | 20 July 2022
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Hoffman tells DA its cadre deployment battle ‘too widely framed’
27th July 2022by Michael Appel Accountability Now’s Advocate Paul Hoffman has penned an expansive explanation on the history, intention, and chances of the DA succeeding in its legal action – in its current scope – to have the ANC’s deployment committee and cadre deployment ruled unlawful and unconstitutional. Hoffman believes the official opposition stands a […]
LETTER: Grey-listing would turn SA red with wrath
Three steps will spare the cabinet the ire of the nation flowing from the indignity of being grey-listed 19 JULY 2022 – 16:54 The country is in real and present danger of being grey-listed by the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money-laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. This will have serious repercussions for the […]
Bheki Cele is unfit for office and has been so for more than a decade
By Paul Hoffman 14 Jul 2022 Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. The police minister lives a life of impunity. He is notorious for going to war with senior members of police management. And there has been no known progress on the NPA’s investigation of the alleged or suspected criminality and corruption […]
LETTER: Eskom revival should start with prosecutions
State would do well to act on its August 2020 anti-corruption resolution by quickly establishing a Chapter 9 integrity commission mandated to prevent, combat, investigate and prosecute graft 14 JULY 2022 – 20:38 One can only hope that the anticipated presidential announcement in relation to addressing the shortcomings in SA’s power supply will take a […]
Unpacking the first day of the impeachment process against Adv. Mkhwebane
The work of the Section 194 committee, looking into whether Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is fit to hold office, is now underway. Day one saw MPs dealing with whether Mkhwebane’s suspension was legal. Today will be the second day of the proceedings and the first witness is expected to appear before the committee. Accountability Now Director, […]
LETTER: Eskom should tackle state capturers
10 JULY 2022 – 20:07 Eskom has agreed to pay a 7% increase to employees who went on an illegal strike even though it admits it does not have the wherewithal to pay higher salaries to already well-remunerated workers (“Eskom says unaffordable deal will add R1bn to wage bill”, July 5). This extraordinary stance violates […]
PAUL HOFFMAN: Best bet for SA is an early election and clean sweep of the corrupt
07 JULY 2022 – 14:25 PAUL HOFFMAN Two months ago Wits School of Governance associate professor William Gumede used his column in the Sunday Times to put in a plea for early elections in anticipation of the final findings of the Zondo state capture commission. The subheading to the article was: “In democracies, governing parties […]
Graft Settlements – time for South Africa to join the global movement towards non-trial resolutions
By Colette Ashton Follow 06 Jul 2022 Unlike amnesty, non-trial resolutions have built-in mechanisms to incentivise improvements in corporate culture. Among other things, companies typically only receive a non-trial resolutions after they have paid back a substantial sum of money. Listen to this article 0:00 / 13:34BeyondWords Traditional methods of prosecuting corruption are not well […]
