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LETTER: Anti-corruption advisory council of no use
Bringing the crooked to book requires a single agency outside executive control David Lewis is on a dangerous, unconstitutional, and ill-informed trajectory when it comes to formulating the long-overdue reform of the anti-corruption capacity of the criminal justice...
Ramaphosa’s Sona was singularly underwhelming on anti-corruption reform
By Paul Hoffman While secure peace, sustainable progress and shared prosperity remain the goals of good governance everywhere, it is undeniable that these desirable qualities do not flourish in any society in which endemic grand corruption has taken root and goes...
LETTER: Expropriation Act faces legal challenges
Conceding that a constitutional amendment is required to achieve a political aim and then to pass ordinary legislation to achieve that aim is legally questionable Back in 2014-2019, when the ANC and EFF between them had more than two-thirds of the seats in SA’s...
LETTER: Cabinet’s dereliction of duty
Peter Bruce refers in passing to the “elasticity of the red lines” which, if crossed, would signal the possible demise of the 10 party coalition that governs SA (“Chilling warning from the CEO of Toyota”, January 30). According to the much-maligned “statement of...
The National Democratic Revolution is at odds with the values spelt out in the Constitution
By Paul Hoffman If more politicians took their oaths of office more seriously, the freedom obtained in the Struggle would not be nearly as incomplete as it manifestly is in 2025. Too few politicians appreciate that they are constrained by the Constitution. Thirty...
Nats’ Adapt or Die cry of the 80s becomes the Renew or Perish call of the ANC in 2025
By Paul Hoffman There are presumably more law-abiding citizens in the ANC than corrupt or soft-on-corruption individuals. The silent majority will have to assert itself if the ANC is to renew. The alternative is to perish. Those with long memories will recall then...
Accountability Now: Ntshavheni must step down
The rights of undocumented immigrants in SA
Paul Hoffman | 20 January 2025 Paul Hoffman says Herman Mashaba should complain to the right channels instead of picking on children Herman Mashaba, leader of Action SA and former mayor of Johannesburg, has unleashed a tirade against undocumented, or perhaps all,...
LETTER: ANC faces graft bill test
14 January 2025 - 16:18 The many words and pious promises in the ANC annual January 8 statement, delivered by its leader on Saturday, boil down to the terse take-home message that if the ANC is to avoid perishing at the polls it needs to take action to renew itself...
The engaged citizens’ guide to stopping corruption in South Africa
By Paul Hoffman In the old South Africa, there were masses of passive subjects and few active citizens. The new South Africa is posited on the assumption that constitutional democracy requires engaged citizens who are prepared and able to participate actively in the...
Complaint regarding paralysis of the anti-corruption capacity of the state in SA
This complaint invokes the functions of the Public Protector under section 182 of the Constitution. The complaint is against the National Prosecuting Authority for suspected improper conduct of the NPA which is prejudicial to the public interest. That interest is in...
SA’s new anti-corruption directorate — unconstitutional and as vulnerable to closure as the Scorpions
The absence of effective and efficient anti-corruption machinery of state during the two Zuma presidencies allowed State Capture to happen. The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption is neither effective nor efficient. Let us not forget the “must haves” when...