Ramaphosa pays lip service to cleaning up the ANC and getting off the Financial Action Task Force greylist 14 October 2024 - 15:30 Articles in Monday’s edition by Paul Hoffman and Ann Bernstein both pointed the finger at the fundamental flaw bedevilling the ANC:...

Little has been done to implement the binding decisions in the Glenister litigation of 2011 and 2014 14 October 2024 - 05:00 by Paul Hoffman The leaders of big business who have involved themselves in the three “workstreams” with government to get energy supply,...

South Africa’s unlucky number is 83 — it’s our position on Transparency International’s corruption index, and also where we rank globally in terms of happiness 10 October 2024 by Chris Roper We’ve all endured the consequences of corruption, from rolling blackouts to...

By Paul Hoffman Because it poses an existential threat to the country, corruption must be treated as much more than a form or type of crime that can be countered like all others. While the formation of the multiparty coalition that now governs at national level in...

There is an ongoing spat between the department of justice and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) concerning the fate of the materials put together and archived as part of the extensive work done during the Zondo state capture commission at a cost of over R1bn...

In the absence of adequate state protection, lynch mobs, self-appointed vigilante committees and groups and kangaroo courts gain in popularity, to the great prejudice of the institutions of state. The scourge that is called vigilantism – violently taking the law into...

Corrupt people are the bane of the life of the nation in SA, and indeed anywhere in the world where corruption is as rife as it is here. The President has referred to the ANC, his own party, as “Accused number One” in relation to the phenomenon of state capture, which...

The minister with final responsibility over the NPA cannot possibly have as chequered a past as Thembi Simelane, nor can Simelane legally dwell in the predicament in which she finds herself. The facts that are germane to the future of the new justice minister in the...

The interview the justice portfolio committee of the National Assembly conducted with justice minister Thembi Simelane on Friday was unedifying in many ways. The true issue at stake is whether because of her illegal dealings with VBS Mutual Bank, via the municipality...

Our new justice minister, Thembi Simelane, is in a uniquely awkward position while executive and prosecutorial dithering over her future continues (“No time for private scolding”, September 3). She stands accused by investigative journalists of impropriety, and...

By Paul Hoffman The success or otherwise of the efforts to counter corruption worldwide is dependent on the political will of those involved, not on whether the structure is of one kind or another. Perennially so, it is a lack of political will to counter corruption...

The following statements made by important South Africans in recent days need to be reconciled with the law, and with each other. This task is urgent. Retiring chief justice Raymond Zondo: “My hope is that mechanisms will be put in place to ensure we will never have a...

By Paul Hoffman If any other political party in the Government of National Unity were to promote unconstitutional notions that ignore the binding nature of court judgments and overlook the need for accountability under the rule of law, a tsunami of opprobrium would...

The constitution requires in section 96 that members of the executive may not expose themselves to any situation involving the risk of a conflict between their official responsibilities and private interests. Nor may they use their position to enrich themselves or...