Dear Editor, In paragraph 33 of the unanimous five judge SCA judgement in Mpumalanga Society of Advocates v Judicial Service Commission and Others (1186/2024) [2026] ZASCA 99 (7 July 2026) a unanimous court found that: ‘[33] The JSC is an organ of State. Accordingly,...

 Paul Hoffman Aug 4, 2026 The Chief Whip of the DA, Glynnis Breytenbach has let it be know that she intends to pilot a private member’s bill, what she calls a “PMB”  through parliament aimed at achieving the repeal of the IDAC legislation which was brought onto the...

 Paul Hoffman Jul 28, 2026 The good reason for closing down IDAC is not the resignation of its leader and her underwhelming showing at the Madlanga Commission. It is that IDAC is not a constitutionally compliant body and has none of the qualities required of it by the...

Hermann Pretorius speaking to Paul Hoffman, founder of Accountability Now! About how to tackle corruption. Paul makes the case for an independent corruption-busting watchdog.

Paul Hoffman Jul 17, 2026 - The media in SA has been abuzz with stories concerning the probity of the relationship between DA members of cabinet (and latterly) of parliament on the one side and Resolve Communications (and its secure-SIM-card-preoccupied clients) on...

Clement Manyathela hosts a dialogue with Advocate Paul Hoffman, Tebogo Khaas and Dr Jean Redpath to reflect on whether the IDAC is functioning as it should after concerns were raised about the cases the unit has pursued lately. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast...

Paul Hoffman Jul 15, 2026 For ordinary South Africans, especially those who are unemployed or under-employed, jobs, personal security and corruption are polled as among their main preoccupations. Of the three, corruption is pre-eminent, because it is pivotal to jobs...

Accountability Now’s head of projects Paul Hoffman speaks to Newzroom’s Xoli Mngambi about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to extend the Madlanga Commission’s final report deadline from 31 August to 16 November.

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...

 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...

 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...

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...

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...

Civil society organisation Accountability Now is calling for the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) to be shut down, following renewed tensions with senior police officials. It comes after Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo lodged a complaint,...

Two inquiries, one whistleblower, General Mkhwanazi, and only one question Paul Hoffman asks who will guard the guardians in SA If one asks AI the obvious question: What will the Madlanga Commission make of General Mkhwanazi’s complaints? The answer it gives is also...