Glenister Case

The NPA cannot be reformed quickly enough; a new institution with carefully vetted personnel and no ‘saboteurs’ is required 20 October 2020 – 13:29 https://spkt.io/a/1160507 Claudi Mailovich’s article on National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi’s desire to break the shackles of executive oversight and “final responsibility” of the justice minister is both encouraging and […]

Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 15 October 2020 The ANC NEC’s proposal to set up a corruption-busting body needs to be acted on. Taking the investigation of grand corruption away from the Hawks to a new agency will relieve the Hawks of a mandate that they have never been equipped and enabled to discharge and […]

There is no prospect of either the NPA or the Hawks being able to attract the right personnel in time to save SA from failure as a state 10 September 2020 – 13:11 https://app.speechkit.io/api/v2/projects/694/podcasts/iframe.html Picture: 123RF/SKYCINEMA During his televised marathon session with media notables on September 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphatically insisted that he is […]

Dear Bishop, Bishop Elect and Vicars General Greetings. Herewith for your informataion, the Archbishop’s Contribution to SACC Service held 30 August 2020:  The Archbishop’s contributon to an SACC Anti-Corruption Service held on Sunday August 30 to launch the SACC Churches’ Anti-Corruption Campaign: Having called for 2020 to be the Year of the Orange Jumpsuit, I […]

Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 31 August 2020 It is interesting to examine the track record of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s accusers – Jacob Zuma, Tony Yengeni and Andile Lungisa – and marvel at their ability to retain their membership of an organisation that, on paper, so closely guards its reputation. https://spkt.io/a/892009 The ANC is appropriately […]

19th August 2020 by Renee Moodie Corruption-busting advocate Paul Hoffman takes a look at recent events surrounding the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). He concludes that there is only one reasonable inference to be drawn from a sad litany of “inaction, poor leadership, falling around and indifferent accountability”, which is that the NPA is no longer […]

Michael Avery speaks to Advocate Paul Hoffman, director of Accountability Now; Colin Coleman, Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs ex CEO of Goldman Sachs SA and Wayne Duvenage, CEO of OUTA, about the other pandemic that has infected our society for decades, corruption.

Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 27 July 2020 The President’s new crime-busting Hub set up to target Covid-19 corruption and abuse of funds will work no better than the Zuma-era Anti-Corruption Task Team. Instead, an Integrity Commission should be set up under Chapter Nine of the Constitution, implementing the criteria for anti-corruption mechanisms already set […]

Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 21 July 2020 Colin Coleman has presented an important plan for how to turn South Africa’s fortunes around, but without the immediate, effective, well-resourced implementation of a war on kleptocracy and rampant corruption, it will fail. This is the sine qua non of his plan. Lawyers love to sprout Latin […]

Narend Singh | 08 July 2020 Narend Singh says current anti-corruption structures are slow to react The losing battle against corruption: Now more than ever we need an integrity commission 8 July 2020 The devastating impact of many years of corruption have left an indelible mark on the people of South Africa, particularly the most […]