In celebration of South Africa’s 30 years of democracy, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) hosted a significant colloquium on 18-19 July 2024, exploring the role of whistleblowing in combating corruption and fostering social development. Organised by the SARChI Chair...

By Paul Hoffman There is no logic in clinging to the gutted anti-crime dispensation that has driven South Africa to the brink of failure as a state due to the prevalence of corruption with impunity in the land. The humble farmyard bird, the turkey, features in the...

By Paul Hoffman Honesty will not be inculcated while corruption with impunity is allowed to continue. The first order of business of the new Cabinet should be to address the matter of ‘ending corruption’, as President Cyril Ramaphosa put it when inviting participation...

It beggars belief that the speaker of the National Assembly can see nothing wrong with the nomination and appointment of an impeached former judge as a parliamentary member of the Judicial Service Commission (“Parties and civil society condemn election of John Hlophe...

It must obviously be a priority of the newly installed national cabinet to get SA off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist as soon as possible. Tinkering by the Treasury won’t do. (“SA working to exit FATF greylist by June 2025, says Treasury”, July 2)....

Your thoughtful editorial opinion on the entry into parliament of the former and recently impeached Cape judge president, John Hlophe, deserves a little fleshing out for further consideration (“The politics of vengeance”, June 25). A learned legal academic, Loammi...

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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...