The cabinet appointment of Dinah Pule is vulnerable to a rationality review

by @ifaisa | Jul 10, 2026 | Chapter 9, General

Dear Editor, The appointment of Dinah Pule as minister of social development by president Ramaphosa is vulnerable to judicial review because it lacks rationality. Only the Constitutional Court is empowered by the constitution to review the decision as it involves a...

Caligula’s contribution to constitutional democracy

by @ifaisa | Jul 7, 2026 | Chapter 9, General

 Paul Hoffman Jul 6, 2026 According to legend, the Roman emperor Caligula decided to appoint his horse, a magnificent Spanish stallion called Incitatus, as proconsul during a particularly trying time around the dawn of the Christian era. A peek at the history.com...

Pule in the cabinet, Ramaphosa’s proposals to counter corruption in ruins

by @ifaisa | Jul 7, 2026 | Chapter 9, General

 Paul Hoffman Jul 3, 2026 Dinah Pule was in the Zuma cabinet, but lost her position in politics over scandals around abuse of public funds on foreign travel with her boyfriend, and the acquisition of a pair of wildly expensive, red-soled Christian Louboutin designer...

Ramaphosa’s failed promises — why a new anti-corruption commission is now crucial

by @ifaisa | Jul 7, 2026 | Chapter 9, General

The issue of dealing effectively with the corrupt in our midst is the most significant and urgent unaddressed issue of the yet-to-be-resolved issues raised by Cyril Ramaphosa at the beginning of his first term as President. By Paul Hoffman 2 Jul 2026 Of course, there...

Will FATF be less lenient will SA in its next report?

by @ifaisa | Jun 30, 2026 | Chapter 9, General

Dear Editor, Your correspondent STUART THEOBALD | Did South Africa pass a crime test it didn’t deserve to? (24 June) raises the possibility of SA being placed on the FATF “greylist” again, having escaped the setbacks greylisting brings only last year in October. The...