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Submission to the Justice Portfolio Committee by Accountability Now

by @ifaisa | Oct 6, 2023 | Chapter 9, General, Glenister Case

In re: The NPA Act Amendment Bill introducing the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (the IDAC Bill)   Introduction Accountability Now welcomes the opportunity to make this submission. The IDAC Bill is the product of the work of the ministry of justice...

Submission to the Constitutional Review Committee

by @ifaisa | Aug 21, 2022 | Chapter 9, General

In the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa; Before: The Constitutional Review Committee of the National Assembly _____________________________________________ Submission by Accountability Now concerning the establishment of a Chapter Nine Integrity...

Elections 2024 – parties must clearly state positions on future of corruption busting

by @ifaisa | Nov 1, 2023 | Chapter 9, General, Glenister Case

By Paul Hoffman It is legally inappropriate to locate the anti-corruption machinery of state within the National Prosecuting Authority while it remains structured as it is at present, and while it is infested with saboteurs. Listen to this article  0:00 / 12:18...

The 2024 election gives voters the chance to take a united stand against corruption

by @ifaisa | Oct 24, 2023 | Chapter 9, General

By Paul Hoffman There are two related but separate critical corruption issues that impact the future trajectory of South Africa and ought to help inform voters when they decide how to cast their votes on the basis of the stance of political parties on both issues....

Shamila Batohi risks second Waterloo over proposed crime-fighting unit

by @ifaisa | Sep 26, 2023 | Chapter 9, General

By Paul Hoffman The NDPP has shown surprising support for the move to establish a ‘stopgap’ crime-fighting unit in the form of the proposed Investigating Directorate Against Corruption. If it does indeed come into being, a simple majority in Parliament could see her...
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The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa (IFAISA) is devoted to upholding constitutionalism in Southern Africa through the inculcation of the values of accountability and responsiveness to the needs of the people of the region in its governments, parastatal organisations and civil society, including business and industry.

LETTER: NPA is patently not independent

Now the justice department is keeping the record of the Zondo state capture commission away from the NPA 10 June 2025 - 13:23 During the course of a wide-ranging 27...
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Adv Paul Hoffman weighs on the NPA track record

Staying on that story, Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament on the Committee for Justice and Constitutional Development, Damien Klooper, says the National...
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Suggested memo from POTUS to PROSA

By Paul Hoffman The brambles of fact-checking, the recriminations from the commentariat, the revealed misconceptions in Washington and the need for a reset of relations...
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Time to jettison the NDR ideology holding South Africa hostage | IRR Webinar

Stream Video Here Join Anthea Jeffery, IRR Head of Policy Research, for the launch of her latest IRR report: "Enemy of Growth: The Ideology Holding South Africa...
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LETTER: GNU must roll up sleeves

No legislation for jobs nor any effective policy changes have emerged The whole world watched the smackdown televised infotainment in the Oval Office last Wednesday and...
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NACAC caught between rock of constitutionalism and hard place of SA politics

The rock of constitutionalism is the foundation of the new or post-liberation order in SA. The Constitution and the rule of law are regarded as supreme, and these basic...
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MK and EFF get lost in translation on Paul Pretorius SC

Paul Hoffman on political interference masquerading as concern for the rule of law Last year Paul Pretorius SC and Matthew Chaskalson SC, both Zondo Commission evidence...
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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...
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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...
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Justice Richard Goldstone addresses the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference

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