Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 20 September 2020 South Africa is not immune to these global trends. The disruptiveness of the EFF, led by fascist firebrand Julius Malema, is well documented. Xenophobia, or perhaps more accurately Afrophobia, is rife. The ability of the state to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights guaranteed to all […]
LETTER: Humility is not good enough; ANC heads should roll
A state-funded flight to Zimbabwe while the rest of SA was under lockdown is a violation of the law 16 September 2020 – 14:20 https://app.speechkit.io/api/v2/projects/694/podcasts/iframe.html The moral compass of ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe was gyrating erratically on Tuesday as he attempted damage control in respect of the many and varied violations of the law […]
Cyril’s ANC vs ANC NDR; what’s bubbling under the murky surface – Paul Hoffman
3rd September 2020 by Claire Badenhorst The ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in late August aimed to discuss matters relating to corruption-charges against several of its members. President Cyril Ramaphosa played his cards well and survived an outright attempt to unseat him as leader of the ruling party. In this thought-provoking piece, Advocate Paul […]
Anti-corruption developments in SA in August 2020
It is a given that success in countering grand corruption is a major factor in the future viability of SA. Recovery from the ravages of the pandemic and, before that, from the state capture project operated by the Zuma and Gupta families, among others, as well as honouring the constitutional commitment to upholding the supremacy […]
Narrative report on activities of Accountability Now, the campaigning name of the Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa, from September 2019 to August 2020
Litigation over the BAe arms deal The action instituted by the Quaker Peace Centre (nowrenamed the Cape Town Peace Centre) seekinginvalidation or cancellation of the BAe arms deal of 1999was procedurally delayed by the taking of a technicaldefence by the Government. It contended that it wasirregular to proceed by way of action and that the […]
LETTER: Skilled law-making is surest way to stop weakness in criminal justice administration
There is no prospect of either the NPA or the Hawks being able to attract the right personnel in time to save SA from failure as a state 10 September 2020 – 13:11 https://app.speechkit.io/api/v2/projects/694/podcasts/iframe.html Picture: 123RF/SKYCINEMA During his televised marathon session with media notables on September 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphatically insisted that he is […]
Cyril’s ANC vs ANC NDR; what’s bubbling under the murky surface – Paul Hoffman
3rd September 2020 by Claire Badenhorst The ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in late August aimed to discuss matters relating to corruption-charges against several of its members. President Cyril Ramaphosa played his cards well and survived an outright attempt to unseat him as leader of the ruling party. In this thought-provoking piece, Advocate Paul […]
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for Chapter Nine corruption-fighters
Dear Bishop, Bishop Elect and Vicars General Greetings. Herewith for your informataion, the Archbishop’s Contribution to SACC Service held 30 August 2020: The Archbishop’s contributon to an SACC Anti-Corruption Service held on Sunday August 30 to launch the SACC Churches’ Anti-Corruption Campaign: Having called for 2020 to be the Year of the Orange Jumpsuit, I […]
Time for the ANC’s Integrity Commission to bare its fangs
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 31 August 2020 It is interesting to examine the track record of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s accusers – Jacob Zuma, Tony Yengeni and Andile Lungisa – and marvel at their ability to retain their membership of an organisation that, on paper, so closely guards its reputation. https://spkt.io/a/892009 The ANC is appropriately […]
LETTER: President and ANC pull opposite ways
24 August 2020 – 14:37 There is serious dissonance between the way the president is running the country and the ANC is running its affairs as regards the application of the principal of precautionary suspensions. This dissonance is best illustrated by the precautionary suspension of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) staff by the president on the […]
