Snafu is an opportunity for ANC to reflect on the constitutionality of its longing for hegemony 22 November 2023 Luthuli House’s decision to use the image of deputy chief justice Mandisa Maya as the ANC “transformation poster person” in a pre-election electronic...
Idac — a complete solution to countering corruption is preferable to a ‘significant step’
By Paul Hoffman Establishing an Investigating Directorate Against Corruption is a retrogressive step that, in essence, winds back the clock to the time that the Scorpions unit was set up within the National Prosecuting Authority by Penuell Maduna. Listen to this...
Reaction | President Ramaphosa addresses National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t14rr7VfaU President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chief Justice Raymond Zondo addressed the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council meeting in Boksburg. It’s clear that not only have recommendations of the State Capture Commission yet to be...
LETTER: ANC’s moves against graft are a joke
Amid government paralysis, Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the anti-corruption symposium was underwhelming 12 November 2023 On November 8, President Cyril Ramaphosa, unforgivably late as usual, opened the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council symposium on corruption...
The economy, stupid! – Paul Hoffman
1st November 2023 by Editor BizNews The economy of SA as an election issue By Paul Hoffman* RW Johnson, in an interview with Alec Hogg, castigates the DA and its MPC allies for their lack of attention to the parlous state of the SA economy as an election issue. Dion...
Elections 2024 – parties must clearly state positions on future of corruption busting
By Paul Hoffman It is legally inappropriate to locate the anti-corruption machinery of state within the National Prosecuting Authority while it remains structured as it is at present, and while it is infested with saboteurs. Listen to this article 0:00 / 12:18...
LETTER: NPA Amendment Bill ‘falls far short of what is required in law’
Omissions will have to be corrected in the approach adopted by the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council when it reports next year 27 October 2023 - 14:00 The webinar hosted by the Public Affairs Research Institute and Council for the Advancement of the...
Bill to make Investigating Directorate permanent is flawed, parliament hears
By Emsie Ferreira The proposed amendments to the National Prosecuting Authority Act will leave a new, permanent investigating body within the NPA as vulnerable to political whim as the now defunct Scorpions, Accountability Now argued on Wednesday in public hearings on...
The 2024 election gives voters the chance to take a united stand against corruption
By Paul Hoffman There are two related but separate critical corruption issues that impact the future trajectory of South Africa and ought to help inform voters when they decide how to cast their votes on the basis of the stance of political parties on both issues....
LETTER: Mkhwebane’s political path won’t be easy
Disgraced public protector is facing perjury charges and a swarm of creditors 19 October 2023 - 15:31 The news that former and disgraced public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has decided to throw in her lot with the EFF raises interesting issues, and provides some...
A more nuanced approach to cadre deployment crisis in South Africa is needed
By Paul Hoffman Our ability to deliver services of the kind contemplated by the Bill of Rights has been severely jeopardised by cadre deployments. It is due to cadre deployments that Eskom is unable to supply sufficient electricity and SAA and three other airlines are...
The ANC’s geopolitics and the National Democratic Revolution – Paul Hoffman
12th October 2023 by Editor BizNews In recent years, significant attention has been devoted to the influential role played by the African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance partners, the SA Communist Party and COSATU, in South African politics since the...
LETTER: Reality behind the promises
Independence and secure tenure of office are not possible in any unit within the NPA because it has neither of these prescribed attributes 05 October 2023 - 04:00 Your comprehensive coverage of the views of South Africa’s CEOs (Cover Story, September 21-27) — those...
Remarks to the Interfaith Forum on Monday, 9 October 2023
This forum has been called in response to the state of crisis in which our country finds itself today. I do not have the expertise to discuss many of the elements of that crisis. There is one, however, in which I have had experience over the past two decades - grand...
A not so confidential memo to the leadership of the National Prosecuting Authority.
As the leaders of the thousands of prosecutors who make it their daily task to present the state’s case to the criminal courts of the land, you will be all too aware of the oath of office that binds you and your staff, as set out in section 32 of the enabling...
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