The revolutionary discipline of Oliver Tambo preceded the adoption of a supreme Constitution 25 April 2023 In marking the 30th anniversary of the death of the former leader of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, President Cyril Ramaphosa remarked: "We need to embrace the concept...
LETTER: Blame government for failed prosecution
It did not understand the binding rulings of the Constitutional Court in the Glenister litigation 24 April 2023 - 18:37 Your report covering the disastrous Nulane prosecution refers (“NPA weighs options after five accused in Nulane trial discharged”, April 21). This...
LETTER: Properly implementing the Glenister rules is urgent
Presidential attention should be turned to reforming the capacity of the criminal justice administration 20 March 2023 - 16:55 https://spkt.io/e/6493882 Weekend coverage of presidential utterances reveals this gem concerning the revelations by the former CEO of Eskom:...
What the Concourt majority judgment found in Glenister’s case.
The order in Glenister’s case 5. It is declared that Ch 6A of the South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995 is inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid to the extent that it fails to secure an adequate degree of independence for...
The A Team’s notes for discussion, during SAHRC and OPP conference on corruption and human rights, regarding reform of anti-corruption machinery of state.
Creation of effective and efficient anti-corruption machinery of state is an international obligation of the state and is underpinned in SA by binding Constitutional Court findings in the Glenister trilogy of cases in which corruption is identified as a human rights...
Security of tenure of office is crucial to the independence of corruption busters
By Paul Hoffman* A stand-alone, investigative institution is needed to combat corruption – Paul Hoffman 6th April 2021 by Jarryd Neves It’s no secret that corruption is the scourge of South Africa. Millions of misappropriated funds have been swindled from the national...
It takes more than a single agency to fight corruption
18 March 2021 - 13:44 Steven Gruzd Human instinct is to set up an institution to deal with big problems. That’s one reason we have so many ministries of this, that and the other. But establishing yet another body — on its own — will not necessarily resolve endemic...
LETTER: Focused anti-graft agency needed
The essence of political will is to ensure insulation from political interference 23 March 2021 - 10:00 https://spkt.io/e/1692847 My thinking on the issue of fighting corruption is in sync with that of Paul Hoffman of Accountability Now (“Criminal justice reform lacks...
LETTER: Criminal justice reform lacks political will
22 March 2021 - 20:14 https://spkt.io/e/1691450 Steven Gruzd omits two important factors from his discussion of the topic of the reform of the criminal justice administration in SA (“It takes more than a single agency to fight corruption”, March 18). The...
Paralysis of our state prosecutors: Chapter 9 Integrity Commission urgently needed to deal with the ‘saboteurs’ in the NPA
Opinionista • Paul Hoffman • 21 February 2021 The paralysis of our state prosecutors is likely to last for years due to the cadre deployments of the Zuma-era State Capture project. The criminal justice administration has been hollowed out, compromised, filled with...
Getting real about countering corruption at long last.
*An earlier, shorter version of this analysis was published by DM on 11 January 2021.* The “January eighth statement” by the leadership of the ANC is intended to inform, inspire and encourage those who remain faithful to the tripartite alliance, (the movement, the...
LETTER: NPA move both encouraging and sinister
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...
The practicalities of creating capable ‘corruption busters’ for SA
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...
LETTER: Skilled law-making is surest way to stop weakness in criminal justice administration
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...
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for Chapter Nine corruption-fighters
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...
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