https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbho_6pm_I Director of Accountability Now Advocate Paul Hoffman unpacks Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala's testimony today.

Paul Hoffman Nov 26, 2025 Livening my day is the response Martin van Staden has given (Questioning Hoffman’s broadside against SA’s federal Constitution) to my criticism (A little First Aid for Martin van Staden) of his openly reluctant support (A reluctant defence of...

Can it possibly be right that untold wealth has landed in the lap of the small handful of “black economic empowerment” (BEE) beneficiaries while poverty, inequality and joblessness grow exponentially in South Africa? Is there a viable alternative to BEE in its current...

KZN Department of Public Works and Infrastructure International Fraud Awareness Week Launch Speaking Notes on Successfully Countering Corruption Paul Hoffman SC Accountability Now www.accountabilitynow.org.za The Constitutional Framework The words fraud and corruption...

Now that both the Madlanga Commission and the ad hoc committee of parliament have taken evidence from General Mkhwanazi concerning the complaints he aired at a dramatic media conference in Durban on 6 July this year, it is possible to take a stab at anticipating the...

Paul Hoffman Nov 9, 2025 There is a crying need in South Africa to come up with a plan that will improve the capacity of the state to deal with the corrupt among us and effectively end their culture of impunity. So intense is this need that the President himself...

https://www.enca.com/videos/saps-turmoil-unpacking-south-africas-parallel-inquiries-0  JOHANNESBURG - The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and Parliament's SAPS ad hoc committee probing corruption allegations have been running in parallel. Witness testimonies before...

Dear Editor, The acting minister of police, Firoz Cachalia, is reported to have made the following submission to the police portfolio committee of the national assembly earlier this week: “Corruption is a problem in police services across the world but that’s no...

Dear Editor, Enough evidence has already emerged during the ongoing hearings in parliament and before the Madlanga Commission to reveal with clarity that SA has a problem with the capacity of the state to deal with corruption and organised crime effectively. When he...

While senior police give evidence of political interference in their work, it does not behove the acting minister of police to call for the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (Nacac) recommendations by government as a cure-all for the...

Paul Hoffman The lot of a small civil society organisation that espouses unpopular causes is a lonely one. A voice crying in the wilderness against the excesses of corruption with impunity in SA today is a particularly unpopular one. It accordingly came as a surprise...

By Paul Hoffman As Shamila Batohi has discovered, the National Prosecuting Authority is not an independent body. It is constitutionally enjoined to operate ‘without fear, favour or prejudice’, but these features are hallmarks of operational impartiality, not...

A formal complaint by the director of Accountability Now – and regular Daily Friend contributor – Paul Hoffman triggered the Public Protector investigation which has found that Gauteng’s Crime Prevention Wardens (CPW), also known as Amapanyaza (after Premier Panyaza...

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