ANC’s cadre deployment minutes eagerly awaited – or did the dog eat the homework?
By Paul Hoffman A frisson of excited anticipation is abroad in the land. Time will tell what the records reveal and their extent. The excuse that ‘the dog ate my homework’ does not appear to be available. Listen to this article: 0:00 / 9:57 BeyondWords Our highest...
LETTER: EFF’s plan is not radical enough
LETTER: EFF’s plan is not radical enough It should fall in line with other opposition parties calling for an anti-corruption commission 13 February 2024 - 15:59 EFF president Julius Malema speaks during a campaign rally at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban ahead of the...
It’s high time South Africa honoured its UN Convention Against Corruption obligations
By Paul Hoffman The voters of South Africa should be careful to check the anti-corruption position of their chosen party and only vote for a party that is willing wholeheartedly to effect the reforms required to rescue the country from the kleptocrats, the...
Discussion | Court orders unveiling of ANC patronage web
JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has to hand over all records of cadre deployment to the DA. The Constitutional Court refused to grant the governing party leave to appeal an earlier High Court ruling. It ruled it was not in the interest of justice to do so, effectively blocking...
Business Unity SA needs to rethink its uncritical embracing of the unconstitutional Idac Bill
Busa has apparently lost sight of what the law and the Constitutional Court require when it comes to preventing, combatting, investigating and prosecuting serious corruption in South Africa. Listen to this article BeyondWords Prior to the delivery of the State of the...
LETTER: From Hawks to Eagles, justice system must prove it’s a turkey no more
It is time the successor to the Scorpions are replaced with a more independent, effective and efficient entity 11 February 2024 - 14:30 As the dust settles after the mighty clash between Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles, a few reflections on the use of nicknames...
Busa should manage some of its expectations of govt more carefully
Paul Hoffman | 09 February 2024 Paul Hoffman writes organisation could also profitably turn its attention to supporting notion of International Anti-Corruption Court A media release by Business Unity South Africa on the eve of the delivery of the state of the nation...
LETTER: SA needs effective anti-graft unit
No results so far from promises to tackle corruption 01 February 2024 - 15:46 Your well-focused article on the latest Transparency International Corruption Perception Index highlights SA’s fall to a score of 41 on the index on which a perfect score is 100 and a...
The politics of fear and loathing in the run-up to the 2024 elections
By Paul Hoffman Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now. The elections for national and provincial parliaments due in 2024 will be like no other held so far since 1994. Independent candidates will be allowed for the first time. Coalition politics at...
PAUL HOFFMAN: How long will the electorate suffer governance by sleight of hand?
Those in power pay lip service to constitutional values but are motivated by a revolutionary agenda 25 January 2024 - 05:00 by Paul Hoffman Our justiciable bill of rights, contained in chapter 2 of the constitution, our supreme law since liberation from the yoke of...
SA Elections 2024: A time for calm heads, serious thought and exacting accountability
By Paul Hoffman The right to vote was won after a long struggle. Many sacrificed their lives and careers to get South Africa to the point at which its masses were liberated. And it’s disappointing that so few choose to vote. Listen to this article : BeyondWords In...
LETTER: SAP settlement raises reparations hopes
Many multinationals are in the same boat — as are banks, accountants and lawyers co-responsible for state capture 16 January 2024 The news that SAP has been zapped under the American Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for its Gupta-era bribery and corruption may shame the...
Paul Hoffman – South Africa is looking like the ‘useful idiot’ for Hamas, Iran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyfXK_pRG-U Paul Hoffman of Accountability Now speaks to BizNews about South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) litigation which some see as a principled effort to prevent alleged genocide while other say it is an...
Discussing NSFAS corruption allegations with Advocate Paul Hoffman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuI7nlK2tuQ Accountability Now Director Advocate Paul Hoffman joins us to further this discussion
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