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LETTER: EFF attack on NPA is misplaced
Nobody better placed than Zondo commission’s evidence leader to aid the National Prosecuting Authority The EFF has issued a media statement containing a scurrilous attack on the efforts of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to beef up its anticorruption capacity...
Growing SA’s economy must be preceded by shrinking the corruption
By Paul Hoffman The economy of South Africa has been in the doldrums roughly since Thabo Mbeki left office in 2008. If South Africa had maintained the solid growth achieved during his presidency most of the problems of poverty, inequality and joblessness would not now...
Justice Richard Goldstone addresses the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference
GOOD ON PAPER, not so much in practice
By Paul Hoffman In many countries around the world there is no shortage of laws against corruption. The challenge is to create a governance framework that is itself corruption-resilient, so the laws can be enforced efficiently and effectively by personnel of...
ConCourt scraps Section 6(1) of Citizenship Act, protecting dual nationals:Adv Hoffman weighs in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmrqD89x10 The Constitutional Court has ruled that Section (6)1 of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 be scrapped. It dictates that South Africans lose their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire another nationality, unless...
Seven deadliest FAQs on countering corruption in SA
Paul Hoffman says it is politically suicidal to be seen to be opposing the adoption of anti-corruption laws 1. Why is so much fuss made about corruption in SA? The Constitutional Court has provided the best short answer to this question given the context of what the...
Justice is like air and clean water
By Paul Hoffman The full quote from which the headline above is taken reads: “Justice is not a luxury, it is something we need like air and clean water”. The author of the quote is Vera Jourova, a Czech lawyer and politician, who until 2024 was the European Commission...
Global call for integrity: the urgent need for an international anti-corruption court
By Paul Hoffman The end of the Scorpions marked the beginning of the State Capture project undertaken during the two Jacob Zuma presidencies. No one today seriously regards the Hawks as any part of the solution to the challenges of grand corruption. The scourge of...
Are we living in a BANI country?
Paul Hoffman Janet Jobson is a “merchant of hope”. She has to be because she heads up the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. She has brought the concept of “BANI” into the national discourse, and not a moment too soon either. Google reveals the meaning of the...
Renew, Replace and Reform, the three Rs for reviving the ANC’s support
Paul Hoffman The ANC, still the largest party in Parliament but no longer in the majority, has stated publicly that it needs to renew, or it will perish. It has learnt well from its predecessor in government, the National Party, which adopted a similar slogan...
Does the prosecution authority in SA have any prospect of acting independently?
Under the Constitution SA has a single national prosecuting authority (NPA) led by a National Director appointed by the president, with Directors of Public Prosecutions for all provinces and, at the bottom of the organisation, legions of prosecutors. According to...
Revolution vs constitution: The challenges of governance in South Africa’s new coalition era
By Paul Hoffman The collective responsibility and accountability of the multi-party Cabinet of the GNU does not derive from the ANC’s notion of democratic centralism. It derives from the Constitution, our supreme law. There seems to be a good prospect of the fracas...
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