By Paul Hoffman There is one thing Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula should be assured of: the prosecution would not have reached the stage it has reached if the prosecutors involved did not think that a prima facie case exists. Listen to this article 0:00...

There is no integrity in keeping the criminal justice administration in a state of emaciated impoverishment 21 March 2024 - 13:38 Cyril Ramaphosa was at his deflective best during president’s questions in the National Assembly on March 19. When asked about the lack of...

By Paul Hoffman Looting of the public purse goes unpunished. Loot is not recovered, as it could and should be. The poor suffer most in the absence of a fully functioning anti-corruption entity. Listen to this article 0:00 / 11:57 BeyondWords The doubly moderated...

Looting of resources makes state unable to perform its obligations 18 March 2024 - 16:00 Whether or not the MK Party enters the electoral lists, the voters of SA need to make countering corruption the central issue in the upcoming national and provincial elections...

All the smooth talk of an anti-corruption stance has turned out to be nothing more than lip service 10 March 2024 - 13:40 The ANC’s decision to abandon its elaborate step-aside rule and replace it with an opaque decision by its top leadership on the composition of its...

By Paul Hoffman The impact of leaving questionable names on the ANC election lists is not to be underestimated. The veterans and aristocracy of the ANC may baulk at being represented by those who should be in ill-fitting orange garb. Listen to this article: 0:00 /...

By Paul Hoffman When South Africa was filled with hope and promise, buoyed by the vision of a ‘rainbow nation’, it entered into four disastrous contracts – the arms deals – that forever shattered the innocence of the new democracy. Listen to this article 0:00 / 8:22...

On December 12, 2023, The Carter Center (https://www.cartercenter.org) hosted Special Side Events to complement the Tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC CoSP10). The Integrity Initiatives...

  Corinne Vella, whose sister Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered for her work as a journalist uncovering corruption in Malta, shares why the relative expense of creating a new International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) is more than worth the justice it will...

By Paul Hoffman Without the necessary confidence to invest, the growth strategy will remain a pipe dream; local and foreign investors will simply continue to hold back for fear of losing any new investment to the ravages of corruption and organised crime in SA....

Western Cape judge president’s application from the court roll 21 February 2024 - 15:21 The battle of Little Big Horn, where Custer took his last stand in 1876, came to mind as Western Cape judge president John Hlophe tried a final roll of the litigious dice by...