by @ifaisa | Jan 17, 2025 | Chapter 9, General
14 January 2025 – 16:18 The many words and pious promises in the ANC annual January 8 statement, delivered by its leader on Saturday, boil down to the terse take-home message that if the ANC is to avoid perishing at the polls it needs to take action to renew...
by @ifaisa | Jan 13, 2025 | Chapter 9, General
By Paul Hoffman In the old South Africa, there were masses of passive subjects and few active citizens. The new South Africa is posited on the assumption that constitutional democracy requires engaged citizens who are prepared and able to participate actively in the...
by @ifaisa | Dec 27, 2024 | Chapter 9, General
This complaint invokes the functions of the Public Protector under section 182 of the Constitution. The complaint is against the National Prosecuting Authority for suspected improper conduct of the NPA which is prejudicial to the public interest. That interest is in...
by @ifaisa | Dec 19, 2024 | Chapter 9, General
The absence of effective and efficient anti-corruption machinery of state during the two Zuma presidencies allowed State Capture to happen. The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption is neither effective nor efficient. Let us not forget the “must haves” when...
by @ifaisa | Dec 9, 2024 | Chapter 9, General
It has been five years since Advocate Shamila Batohi was appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). South Africans want to see the masterminds of state capture in orange overalls and the NDPP is central to achieving this, but Batohi is running out of...