Is the NPA really independent?

Paul Hoffman | 01 March 2022 Paul Hoffman says the troubled history of the institution suggests not One of the cardinal features of the separation of powers in our constitutional dispensation is that those institutions that do not form part of the executive or the...

Joining the Independent Newspapers dots

11th October 2019 By Paul Hoffman (BizNews) The hysterical reaction of Iqbal Survé to the service of a search and seizure warrant on him provides vivid evidence of his affliction with foot in mouth disease. Not only does he reveal, perhaps inadvertently, that...

Can Shamila Batohi revive a dying NPA?

Subverted by corrupt politicians who sought to capture the state, the National Prosecuting Authority now has a new director, specially chosen by President Cyril Ramaphosa. But what will it take for Shamila Batohi to arrest, prosecute and jail those behind the looting...