By Paul Hoffman Follow 24 Jul 2023 Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says that ‘an army of prosecutors’ is needed to address what he unearthed during his inquiry. The problem is vast and potentially fatal to the democratic project in SA. But any new anti-corruption...
Upholding the Constitution of SA means putting National Democratic Revolution out to pasture
By Paul Hoffman 19 Jul 2023 The ANC appears to be sufficiently nervous to abandon the National Democratic Revolution and form an alliance of centrists with the DA. The DA would be ill-advised to cooperate with the ANC if the latter does not abandon the NDR. Listen to...
Glynnis Breytenbach: Beating SA’s corrupt, reform criminal justice – dynamite
6th July 2023 by Editor BizNews Paul Hoffman, director of Accountability Now, attended yesterday’s address to the Cape Town Press Club by Glynnis Breytenbach, the shadow justice minister of the Democratic Alliance (DA) where she shared how to beat corruption and...
LETTER: If pigs fly, president might act
12 July 2023 - 13:28 Your report on the future of Paul Mashatile (“Ramaphosa says Mashatile is not on his way out”, 9 July) contains a revealing gem of information that fell from the lips of the president. He is quoted as saying: “I’m the only one who could remove...
LETTER: Moti ruling is a win for freedom of expression
The rights to protect sources and to publish leaked information in the public interest have been vindicated 04 July 2023 - 15:42 The judgment of Gauteng deputy judge president Roland Sutherland in the battle between the Moti Group and amaBhungane is a resounding...
Ramaphosa must seize the moment given him by the Phala Phala exoneration and strike fast
By Paul Hoffman 03 Jul 2023 Now is an opportune time for the President to ride the wave of his exoneration and celebrate the considerable reduction of the threat posed by Paul Mashatile’s presidential ambitions. He should now feel free to deliver on his unity, renewal...
Sunday Discussion: Is it time we relook at the legislation around declarations by the executive?
The Executive Ethics Code is yet again in the spotlight- this time it involves the Public Protector's finding into the theft of millions of US dollars in cash from his Phala Phala game farm in Limpopo in February 2020. The Acting Public Protector advocate Kholeka...
Shameless omnishambles around the separation of powers doctrine over Zondo State Capture assertion
By Paul Hoffman There has been an extraordinary lambasting of Chief Justice Raymond Zondo for allegedly breaching the constitutional doctrine of the separation of powers following his comments on the likelihood of a repeat of State Capture in South Africa. The outcry...
Future of democracy in South Africa precarious without an anti-corruption body with big teeth
A webinar this week on the future of democracy ‘post Zondo’ was marked by the avoidance of any serious discussion of the law and the Constitution as both apply to dealing with serious forms of corruption that have degenerated into rampant kleptocracy. Listen to this...
LETTER: SA cries out for ‘Super Scorpions’
The Hawks are too puny and our prosecutors have been emasculated by state capture 25 June 2023 - 19:24 The inability of parliament to exercise oversight of the executive and ensure proper implementation of the laws it passes in a way that counters the corrupt has been...
LETTER: Jaw, jaw better than war, war
Sound principles behind SA visit to Ukraine and Russia are being overlooked 21 June 2023 - 14:53 The hue and cry over the somewhat farcical activities on the apron of the Warsaw Airport, ascribable to botched logistical arrangements, has tended to obscure the essence...
Paul Hoffman: The suspended Public Protector wants to tell her story
15th June 2023 by Editor BizNews By Paul Hoffman* On 13 June 2023 the suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, called a media briefing, played two video tapes and released some ninety WhatsApp messages, alleged to have been exchanged between her husband and the...
LETTER: Embarrassing classification
14 June 2023 The ramifications of the visit of the vessel “Lady R” to Simon’s Town last December continue to reverberate in the halls of power in SA. Ours is a constitutional democracy in which the rule of law is regarded as supreme. We have a system of governance...
Improper and illegal cadre deployment by the ANC is a form of corruption
By Paul Hoffman As cadre deployment in the public administration disobeys, disrespects and does not uphold the Constitution, it is plain that there is a corrupt breach of their oaths of office by all who appoint staff according to cadre deployment rules instead of in...
LETTER: Time for proper corruption busters
SA has been without an adequately independent entity capable of fighting corruption since the dissolution of the Scorpions 07 June 2023 - 17:02 It is great news that ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has recognised the folly of his youthful error that led to the...
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