Ruling on whether Ramaphosa has a case to answer in the Phala Phala saga is long overdue 07 August 2025 - 15:57 In SA the handing down of judgments by our superior courts is governed by judicial norms and standards, with the aim of ensuring timely and efficient...

The African Case for an International Anti-Corruption Court By Justice Richard Goldstone, Dr Ruth Kolevsohn, and Koogan Pillay The foundation of any just society rests on the recognition and respect for the dignity of its people, and the corresponding role of the...

 Paul Hoffman The fallout from General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s incendiary revelations at his 6 July briefing has now reached three of the four organs of state which could be involved in addressing his concerns. The executive has had the chairs in cabinet re-arranged by...

Failure to implement the Glenister findings is at the heart of the corruption malaise 27 July 2025 - 20:04 The first and most urgent work of the Madlanga commission of inquiry is to examine the utility of the laws and policies in place in SA for countering the...

The President's continued use of Commissions of Inquiry, to try and curb corruption remains under scrutiny. Advocate Paul Hoffman of Accountability Now, argues that the terms of reference in the Madlanga Inquiry are too broad. #eNCA #DStv403 #QuestionThinkAct

By Paul Hoffman Paul Hoffman was lead counsel in the Glenister litigation. The vast breadth of the mandate given to the commission of inquiry headed by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga will keep it busy for years, doing work a functioning criminal...

On 11 July 2025 Accountability Now addressed an email to the President. It reads as follows: We write this open letter to you in advance of your address to the nation scheduled for 7pm on Sunday 13 July 2025. We hope that our intervention will assist you in the...

Paul Hoffman | 10 July 2025 Paul Hoffman says our system for preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting the corrupt is not working optimally The commissioner of police in KZN has raised his head above the parapet to voice his concerns around the trajectory...

The KZN Police Commissioner put the cat among the political pigeons on Sunday. His essential complaint is that the executive branch of government has interfered illegally with the work of the police by sidelining investigations that have the potential to expose...

Accelerate the bills pending in parliament for the establishment and enablement of a new Chapter 9 anticorruption commission 09 July 2025 - 15:44 President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures during the Brics Summit 2025 at Museu de Arte Moderna on July 6 2025 in Rio de Janeiro,...

Deputy president’s sister-in-law is linked to national lottery tender 02 July 2025 - 14:54 Amid concern about the involvement of the twin sister of Paul Mashatile’s wife in the largesse available to the winning bidder of the competition to run the national lottery, it...

Jacques Pauw, author of two anti-corruption treatises “The President’s Keepers” and “Our Poisoned Land”, has made a fact-filled and sterling contribution to the debate on the future of the criminal justice system in SA in his News24 weekend essay “ Long claw of the...

An authorising special resolution by the National Assembly is needed Your report on the large R27bn IMF loan apparently secured by the government refers (“David Masondo defends R27bn World Bank loan”, June 24). According to the report, the EFF has objected to the loan...

The official announcement of the upcoming national dialogue has been met with derision and disgust in some quarters.  A long litany of gripes and groans can be gleaned from media reports. With a budget for the dialogue estimated at R700 million, the EFF describes the...