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The opinion piece by Lauren Kohn and Theunis Roux, “Embracing the IDAC: A critical step in South Africa’s fight against corruption” (Mail & Guardian, 14 to 20 June 2024), requires a response both on the law and the facts. The law is quite simple: the...

Paul Hoffman says there is no need for a separate system of courts to hear corruption cases For the benefit of readers who have forgotten their Latin, here is a googled definition of the term that is adequate for present purposes: "Aberratio ictus means the going...

Before the GNU was formed, the DA gave official notice of its intention to proceed with the parliamentary processing of its two private member’s bills aimed at establishing constitutionally compliant anti-corruption machinery of state through the creation of a new...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vQE1AvTbQ-s Advocate Paul Hoffman, Director and project lead at accountability now joins us as we preview the national assembly's first sitting in the 7th administration. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews...

By Paul Hoffman The NPA is run as a programme within the Department of Justice and the director general of that department, who is not even a member of the NPA, is its official accounting officer. These features of the NPA architecture, either singly or taken...

The article by David Lewis, “Election a test of Ramaphosa’s decisive leadership”, June 5, refers. Cyril Ramaphosa espouses unity and renewal as his main themes for the ANC. The rise of the uMkhonto weSizwe party and the fall of ANC support to 40% both suggest that...

It is comforting to observe that constitutional democracy under the rule of law is apparently alive and well in SA, despite having spent time in the ICU on life support in recent years. Since 1948, only two political parties have governed SA at national level, the...

By Paul Hoffman The final outcome of the elections may have the effect of dampening the ANC’s enthusiasm for the Idac legislation, which is likely to be struck down as unconstitutional if it is challenged in public interest litigation. On the eve of the elections for...

27 May 2024 - 18:05 President Cyril Ramaphosa has assented to many pieces of new legislation in May, with the National Health Insurance Act and the act creating the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption among them. The president has set his sights on what he...

Robust case management that removes or minimises delays may have speeded up Jacob Zuma’s cases It is remarkable that at present two former presidents, one in the US and one in SA, both facing serious criminal charges, are using the tactics of low-life criminals to...

14 MAY 2024 - 17:35 Former president Thabo Mbeki, recently emerged from his silent retirement to support the ANC’s 2024 election campaign, refers to a “counterrevolution” in SA. He claims it occurred after his political demise at Polokwane in 2007, when his nemesis,...

Ineligibility does not apply to the former president because his sentence is not appealable 22 April 2024 - 15:54 Former president Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to stand for election to the National Assembly turns on the meaning of the notion “sentence” as used in section...

By Paul Hoffman Professor Balthazar need not stress over or be bewildered by the reliance of elements of the Electoral Court on the remission of the  sentence imposed on Jacob Zuma. It seems that the mysterious Professor Balthazar has been thoroughly discombobulated...