By Emsie Ferreira The proposed amendments to the National Prosecuting Authority Act will leave a new, permanent investigating body within the NPA as vulnerable to political whim as the now defunct Scorpions, Accountability Now argued on Wednesday in public hearings on...
The 2024 election gives voters the chance to take a united stand against corruption
By Paul Hoffman There are two related but separate critical corruption issues that impact the future trajectory of South Africa and ought to help inform voters when they decide how to cast their votes on the basis of the stance of political parties on both issues....
LETTER: Mkhwebane’s political path won’t be easy
Disgraced public protector is facing perjury charges and a swarm of creditors 19 October 2023 - 15:31 The news that former and disgraced public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has decided to throw in her lot with the EFF raises interesting issues, and provides some...
A more nuanced approach to cadre deployment crisis in South Africa is needed
By Paul Hoffman Our ability to deliver services of the kind contemplated by the Bill of Rights has been severely jeopardised by cadre deployments. It is due to cadre deployments that Eskom is unable to supply sufficient electricity and SAA and three other airlines are...
The GILA Bill is unconstitutional
Paul Hoffman | 12 October 2023 Paul Hoffman says this will have chilling effect on lawful activities of civil society The General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill is unconstitutional 12 October 2023 The Bill of Rights, which is Chapter Two of the Constitution of SA,...
Mark Shaw on Cape Town and The Global Criminal Economy
Marion Edmunds recording of Mark Shaw’s talk has been made available by kind favour of the Cape Town Press Club. https://marionedmunds.com/cape-town-press-club-recordings Password: CapeofCrime
The ANC’s geopolitics and the National Democratic Revolution – Paul Hoffman
12th October 2023 by Editor BizNews In recent years, significant attention has been devoted to the influential role played by the African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance partners, the SA Communist Party and COSATU, in South African politics since the...
Rogue actors or rogue state? The abduction of Abdella Abadiga and assassination of Frans Mathipa
By Paul Hoffman One hopes, perhaps in vain, that the South African state was not engaged in an illegal rendition of Abdella Abadiga to the American authorities at a time when the Lady R’s visit to Simon’s Town was freshly in the news. Listen to this article:...
LETTER: Reality behind the promises
Independence and secure tenure of office are not possible in any unit within the NPA because it has neither of these prescribed attributes 05 October 2023 - 04:00 Your comprehensive coverage of the views of South Africa’s CEOs (Cover Story, September 21-27) — those...
Remarks to the Interfaith Forum on Monday, 9 October 2023
This forum has been called in response to the state of crisis in which our country finds itself today. I do not have the expertise to discuss many of the elements of that crisis. There is one, however, in which I have had experience over the past two decades - grand...
A not so confidential memo to the leadership of the National Prosecuting Authority.
As the leaders of the thousands of prosecutors who make it their daily task to present the state’s case to the criminal courts of the land, you will be all too aware of the oath of office that binds you and your staff, as set out in section 32 of the enabling...
Submission to the Justice Portfolio Committee by Accountability Now
In re: The NPA Act Amendment Bill introducing the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (the IDAC Bill) Introduction Accountability Now welcomes the opportunity to make this submission. The IDAC Bill is the product of the work of the ministry of justice...
LETTER: The NDP: read it and weep
Voters must act when government lacks political will to tackle cadre deployment and graft 03 October 2023 - 18:15 When it was launched in August 2012 the National Development Plan (NDP) used the slogan “Our Future — Make It Work”. Prepared by the National Planning...
The political will to get real about countering serious corruption is what’s needed, not obfuscation
By Paul Hoffman It is not for Deputy Justice Minister John Jeffrey, or anyone else in government, to second-guess the binding decision of the highest court in the land when it comes to the establishment of a single agency to combat corruption. Listen to this article...
Shamila Batohi risks second Waterloo over proposed crime-fighting unit
By Paul Hoffman The NDPP has shown surprising support for the move to establish a ‘stopgap’ crime-fighting unit in the form of the proposed Investigating Directorate Against Corruption. If it does indeed come into being, a simple majority in Parliament could see her...
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