What does it take to be the Chief Justice? In two months, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will finish his tenure leaving the vacancy open. How will his successor be selected and what qualities are needed by the holder of this high office? eNCA’s Gareth Edwards speaks to Lawson Naidoo from the Advancement of the South […]
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South Africa needs an ombud office to atone for the fatal fate of whistle-blowers like Babita Deokaran
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 31 August 2021 Whistle-blowers in South Africa are inadequately protected against murder, intimidation, unfair labour practices and being shunned in the workplace for not being ‘team players’ in situations in which the ‘team’ is actually a gang of merciless thieves. https://spkt.io/a/2581432 The visibly bleak reactions of Maverick Citizen editor Mark […]
Whistle-blowers are important guardians of our democracy
By Cyril Ramaphosa• 30 August 2021 We cannot let down whistle-blowers like Babita Deokaran. We must ensure their disclosures result in prosecutions and do much more to protect them. https://spkt.io/a/2572313 Over the course of the three years since the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture started its work, we have heard of the lengths to […]
Community called to back anti-corruption body
on Aug 26, 2021 ByTali Feinberg A proposition for a new, independent anti-corruption body landed on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s desk on Tuesday, 24 August, and those who have spent years toiling to make it happen are asking the South African Jewish community to support it in any way it can. “Our community was burnt by […]
Game-changer: Zondo Commission report bound to change the future trajectory of South Africa
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 29 August 2021 It is safe to predict that the Zondo Commission ought to be a game-changer for the future trajectory of South Africa. The second game-changer is the commission’s report, currently under preparation, on what must be done to prevent the conditions that allowed serious corruption with impunity to […]
INTEGRITY COMMISSION BILL, 2021
Integrity Commission Bill, 2021 – proposed by Accountability Now →To be read with: Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill, 2021 – proposed by Accountability Now PREAMBLE. 4 CHAPTER 1: INTERPRETATION. 4 1 DEFINITIONS. 4 CHAPTER 2: MANDATE, ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION. 5 2 MANDATE OF THE COMMISSION. 5 3 COMPOSITION. 6 4 APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF MEMBERS. 6 […]
Memorandum in support of the introduction of a constitutional amendment and enabling legislation for the establishment of constitutionally compliant anti-corruption machinery of state in South Africa.
Executive summary (a) Serious forms of corruption like grand corruption, state capture and kleptocracy in South Africa are criminal violations of fundamental constitutional and human rights. They are literally killing many South Africans, mostly the poorest. (b) The anti-corruption machinery of state in SA is currently not fit for purpose especially regarding serious corruption in all […]
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
CONSTITUTION EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT BILL Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill, 2021 – proposed by Accountability Now →To be read with: Integrity Commission Bill, 2021 – proposed by Accountability Now GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: [ ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. ____________ Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing […]
The ANC’s nomination of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula as Speaker of National Assembly is unspeakable
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 16 August 2021 The purpose of electing a new Speaker is to appoint a fit and proper person of known and impeccable integrity who is capable of impartially fulfilling the duties and functions of leadership of the National Assembly. Objectively speaking, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is not such a person. When President […]
LETTER: ANC’s candidate doesn’t have a suitable CV for speaker position
Putting an errant ex-member of the executive in charge of the assembly is akin to putting the proverbial fox in charge of the henhouse 16 August 2021 – 16:01 Paul Hoffman SC Provided that logistical challenges to arranging a secret ballot (whether virtual or otherwise) during the pandemic can be overcome, members of the National […]
