By Paul Hoffman In the old South Africa, there were masses of passive subjects and few active citizens. The new South Africa is posited on the assumption that constitutional democracy requires engaged citizens who are prepared and able to participate actively in the...

This complaint invokes the functions of the Public Protector under section 182 of the Constitution. The complaint is against the National Prosecuting Authority for suspected improper conduct of the NPA which is prejudicial to the public interest. That interest is in...

The absence of effective and efficient anti-corruption machinery of state during the two Zuma presidencies allowed State Capture to happen. The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption is neither effective nor efficient. Let us not forget the “must haves” when...

It has been five years since Advocate Shamila Batohi was appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). South Africans want to see the masterminds of state capture in orange overalls and the NDPP is central to achieving this, but Batohi is running out of...

In this special episode Nicholas Lorimer talks to Advocate Paul Hoffman about a private member's bill to create a new chapter 9 institution which would target high level corruption.

When he extended the invitation to form what is now known as the government of national unity (GNU), President Cyril Ramaphosa made it clear that this new structure would operate within the parameters of the rule of law and the constitution, correctly so. It soon...

By Tamsin Metelerkamp Speaking at the Human Rights and Constitutional Accountability Conference hosted by the Stellenbosch University Law Faculty on Thursday, 28 November, Advocate Adila Hassim emphasised that for accountability to be truly effective, it must be felt...

Chapter nine institution, as created by top court judgments, would tick boxes that bind state What a happy coincidence that the procurement experts of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) should report on SA’s inadequacies in countering...

By Paul Hoffman There are those who might say that the MK party dare not support the bill to establish a Chapter 9 Anti-Corruption Commission as its leadership ranks would be decimated by the work that an efficient and effective anti-corruption body would do. The...

On 26 November 2024 Glynnis Breytenbach of the DA introduced the long awaited constitutional amendment bill aimed at the establishment of a Ch9ACC. The progenitors of her private members bill are the Justices of the Constitutional Court who concurred in the joint...

Prepared by Accountability Now for the OECD visit to South Africa in November 2024 TOWARD EFFECTIVENESS VIA COMPLIANCE WITH TREATY OBLIGATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION OF BINDING COURT RULINGS, AND LAW REFORM NEEDED TO COUNTER THE CORRUPT. South Africa has no shortage of laws...

Paul Hoffman says SA is in breach of international treaty obligations regarding establishment and maintenance of anti-corruption machinery of state Wits law Professor Firoz Cachalia, chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council, NACAC, participated in a...

The most recent reported interaction between parliament and controversial justice minister Thembi Simelane illustrates her unsuitability for the position. In answering questions about the unwillingness of her department to make the trove of Zondo commission...

The minister should surely know that persecution is illegal and unconscionable in SA Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has been widely quoted as saying of the illegal miners trapped in a Stilfontein mine: “You want us to send help to criminals? You want...