By Hugh Corder Follow 28 Sep 2022 5 Hugh Corder is Professor Emeritus of Public law at the University of Cape Town. In seeking to destroy the Constitution or to weaken it into insignificance, Dali Mpofu, Jacob Zuma, John Hlophe and others run the risk of standing...
Is cabinet doing enough to tackle serious corruption?The Morning Review with Lester Kiewitt
LETTER: SA needs a new agency focused on the eradication of corruption
The corrupt will only be deterred by the sure knowledge that they will be identified, prosecuted, convicted and punished 23 September 2022 - 17:38 https://spkt.io/e/5193316 “We are not going to investigate and prosecute our way out of corruption,” said NPA boss...
The Accountability of Public Officials with Advocate Paul Hoffman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV_EBn95yJI&t=5s In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Director and Head of Projects at Accountability Now Advocate Paul Hoffman joins FW de Klerk Foundation Chairperson Dave Steward and Manager of Constitutional Programmes Tyla...
Bheki Cele case shows the criminal justice administration is toothless in cases of serious corruption
By Paul Hoffman Follow 14 Sep 2022 Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. Both the Moloi Inquiry and the Public Protector have identified unlawful activity involving Bheki Cele and the police headquarters leases. Prosecuting Cele ticks all the boxes; it...
What’s all this endless litigation about, Madam Public Protector?
By Paul Hoffman Follow 12 Sep 2022 Lawfare that uses a Stalingrad strategy and is publicly funded ought to be nipped in the bud. It is to be hoped that the Constitutional Court puts its best foot forward swiftly in the current lawfare that is a manifestation of...
LETTER: Bheki Cele should be in court, not leading SAPS
Dishonesty and incompetence are the order of the day under the current minister of police 08 September 2022 - 14:50 https://spkt.io/e/5061899 After the Moloi inquiry into his fitness to hold office (which found him “dishonest and incompetent”) and the debacle around...
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba becomes Patron of Accountability Now
The trustees and staff of Accountability Now are pleased to announce that Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, head of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, has graciously and with immediate effect assented to taking up the position of Patron of the Institute for...
Dear Mr President, the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council is a great idea, but…
By Paul Hoffman 04 Sep 2022 Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. The Nacac councillors will surely appreciate that they are bound to advise within the parameters of the law, not according to the illegal desires and practices of the ANC. Join the 230...
Discussion on former Transnet executives arrested for fraud: Michael Marchant, Paul Hoffman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-44lORauY4 Transnet's former chief executive Brian Molefe, and former finance executive Anoj Singh, are among the four people who appeared in court following arrests made by the NPA's Investigating Directorate (ID) yesterday. The...
LETTER: Cadre deployment ruling shows Zondo findings are binding
Zondo commission’s recommendation that cadre deployment be dropped is backed by the courts 31 August 2022 - 21:00 https://spkt.io/e/4995527 There is confusion in political circles regarding the status of the recommendations of the Zondo state capture commission. The...
Precautionary suspension of Hlophe is legally inevitable
Paul Hoffman | 29 August 2022 Paul Hoffman says the many ways in which WCape JP has brought judiciary into disrepute need to be addressed without delay Politics aside: the precautionary suspension of John Hlophe is, legally speaking, inevitable 28 August 2022 The...
LETTER: Parliamentary oversight of the executive may yet save the day
The justice minister has let it be known that the cabinet is not considering the establishment of a new anti-corruption body under chapter 9 of the constitution — this is unfortunate 29 August 2022 - 15:25 Paul Hoffman SC https://spkt.io/e/4974902 Justice minister...
Dear Ronald Lamola, did you not get the ConCourt memo to Parliament on establishing an Integrity Commission?
By Paul Hoffman Follow 24 Aug 2022 Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. The Constitutional Court has ordered Parliament to put in place effective, efficient and independent anti-corruption machinery. Evidently Justice Minister Ronald Lamola didn’t get...
PAUL HOFFMAN: Exacting accountability from banks that coddled state capture
22 August 2022 - 14:16 Paul Hoffman https://spkt.io/e/4916597 Now that the Zondo state capture commission’s report has been mulled over by those who take an active interest in the governance of their country, the calls for reparations are ringing out loudly from...
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