While it is mildly encouraging that the ANC’s leadership is prepared to put a handful of its leading members on the carpet before its toothless internal integrity commission, it needs to be noted that at least 97 members of the ANC received a dishonourable mention in...
Exclusive: What Cyril Ramaphosa will say in his 2022 State of the Nation Address
In his report-back, the President will focus on the vaccine drive, his presidential jobs plan, the switch to digital, and licensing of spectrum. By Ferial Haffajee Follow 09 Feb 2022 Listen to this article 0:00 / 4:00 BeyondWords President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to...
Reform of the criminal justice administration should be considered: Advocate Paul Hoffman.
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LETTER: Resignation needs a closer look
Parliament has the opportunity to exercise its constitutional oversight powers 06 December 2021 - 15:58 https://spkt.io/e/3107180 Hermione Cronje. Picture: GCIS/NTSWE MOKOENA Hermione Cronje’s resignation as head of the investigating directorate of the National...
LETTER: Cast your vote to counter corruption
It is your democratic right and a powerful tool to hold the government to account 26 September 2021 - 20:22 While Accountability Now is not aligned to any political party — on the contrary, we take pride in our independence and devotion to exacting accountability — we...
GBV, Joblessness and Corruption – join the dots
A chance chat while walking dogs in the milkwood forest on the flank of Chapman’s Peak with a human rights lawyer specializing in gender issues set off a chain of thought that is aimed at pulling together the scourges of gender based violence, joblessness and...
Is Professor Balthazar a closet admirer of parliamentary sovereignty?
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 14 January 2021 The track record of lawfare in SA is long and not inglorious. The NGOs and individuals who have the courage to take up the cudgels of lawfare deserve support and encouragement, not criticism that ignores the tenets and...
Has the public covid prayer of the Chief Justice strayed from the Code of Conduct for the Judiciary?
The judiciary of South Africa is bound by a Code of Conduct that has been approved by Parliament. Article 5 of that Code is binding on all judges, including the Chief Justice, who is the leader of the judiciary. It requires judges to behave honourably in all they do,...
Paul Hoffman: ‘Refreshing, inspiring’ afternoon with Three Musketeers, Rupert and friends
9th July 2020 by Editor The BizNews webinar that unpacked the extraordinary story of the 43-year business partnership and friendship between Laurie Dippenaar, Paul Harris and GT Ferreira attracted close on 2,000 attendees – none of whom were disappointed. As expected,...
Covid-19 relief: Govt fails to deliver
Jeremy Seekings | 03 July 2020 Jeremy Seekings assesses the performance of the DBE, DSD, UIF and SASSA Food and social grant commitments have fallen woefully short Under the lockdown it has been difficult to get information on what the national government has been...
Its Economy Battered by COVID-19, Spain Tries a Guaranteed Minimum Income
Alana Moceri Wednesday, July 1, 2020 MADRID—Tens of thousands of households in Spain began receiving checks last Friday under a new guaranteed minimum income program that was passed by parliament in early June. Plans to provide a guaranteed income had been part of the...
The rationality test: an intriguing appeal awaits in the lockdown regulations challenge
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 12 June 2020 The ruling by Judge Norman Davis in the De Beer case challenging the lockdown regulations has been widely dissected, and criticised, by leading legal academics and commentators. It has set up intriguing grounds for appeal. The...
Are lockdown regulations rational in law and reasonable limitations on human rights?
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 8 June 2020 The two burning legal questions are whether what has been done under the mantle of the declaration of a state of disaster been reasonable in its limitation and restriction of human rights guaranteed to all, and a rational...
LETTER: Tackle the hunger menace now
The balance of money still held in the Solidarity Fund should be used immediately to alleviate hunger 08 June 2020 - 14:59 About 55% of South Africans (33-million souls) are marginalised, deleteriously affected by joblessness and underfed from living below the upper...
‘Ineptocracy’, not Covid-19, is the problem
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 17 May 2020 Government by the inept or ‘ineptocracy’, is presenting the populace of South Africa with more headaches than the virus that is threatening the lives of many people worldwide. As fate would have it, the Disaster Management Act,...
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