There is too little information in the public domain to know whether the criminal complaints against the president initiated by Arthur Fraser have any substance 03 JUNE 2022 – 14:45 PAUL HOFFMAN There is too little information in the public domain at present to know whether the criminal complaints against the president initiated by Arthur […]
Chapter 9
The Big Picture into the importance of an integrity commission.
The Big Picture into the importance of an integrity commission and why South Africa needs one? with Advocate Paul Hoffman, Director of Accountability Now.
LETTER: Slavish fealty and unfettered bribery
ANC’s chaotic Eastern Cape provincial conference shows once again that the party is driven by factionalism and corruption 11 MAY 2022 – 13:33 Your editorial reflecting on the “embarrassingly chaotic” antics at the ANC Eastern Cape provincial congress last weekend refers (“Mr President, we are watching YOU as the clock ticks towards December”, May 11). […]
LETTER: Public Protector must face the music — now
Busiswe Mkhwebane’s litigation to ward off or delay the long overdue proceedings for her removal from office offends the basic tenets of the rule of law 21 APRIL 2022 – 14:19 Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane has taken to shooting herself in both feet. Her complaint to the Judicial Service Commission regarding the strongly worded judgment […]
Corruption stunts our freedom in South Africa
Paul Hoffman | 20 April 2022 Paul Hoffman says struggle for freedom in Africa all too often has morphed into struggle for attaining and holding onto power Corruption stunts our freedom in South Africa 20 April 2022 The liberation struggle in South Africa, in Africa and elsewhere in the world where people once lived in […]
South Africa is not (yet) a failed state, and the downward slide can be halted
By Paul Hoffman Follow 20 Apr 2022 Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. The trajectory of the country remains downward toward failure, but we are not there yet, and we don’t need to go there either. But it is hard to trust a government that allows widespread corruption with impunity to continue. […]
LETTER: The Titanic was an unfortunate analogy Mr President
Paul Hoffman takes issue with President Ramaphosa’s responses at the SAHRC inquiry into the July 2021 insurrection 04 April 2022 – 17:24 Paul Hoffman https://spkt.io/e/3930234 During his evidence before the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) inquiry into the July 2021 insurrection, when asked about Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane’s comment in March that if the country […]
Vigilantism and xenophobia thrive when the justice system and policing fail the people
By Paul Hoffman Follow 07 Apr 2022 Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. It is the unenviable task of government to nurture respect for the rule of law in all inhabitants of the land. This is best done by creating a standard of law enforcement under which people do not feel the […]
PAUL HOFFMAN: Ramaphosa boldly claims SIU turning the tide against corruption
Investigating unit barely scratches the surface in recouping R8bn of R1-trillion-R2-trillion lost to state capture 17 March 2022 – 15:46 Paul Hoffman President Cyril Ramaphosa has been talking up a storm regarding the exploits of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which has apparently collected R8bn of the loot of state capture in all litigation before […]
The case for disbanding the Investigating Directorate
By Paul Hoffman Follow 09 Mar 2022 As the ID can be shut down more easily than the Scorpions were dissolved, it cannot become the suggested Chapter 9 body required to counter corruption effectively and efficiently. Its track record over the past three years of its existence has hardly seen it cover itself in glory […]
