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Madam Secretary: Bess’s Speech

by @ifaisa | Mar 3, 2020 | Media, Videos

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The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa (IFAISA) is devoted to upholding constitutionalism in Southern Africa through the inculcation of the values of accountability and responsiveness to the needs of the people of the region in its governments, parastatal organisations and civil society, including business and industry.

Preserving the IDAC in any way would be a mistake

Paul Hoffman Sep 14, 2026 Many admirable sentiments are expressed in the DM opinion piece penned by Xola Nqola, an ANC MP, who is chair of the justice portfolio...

Forget the Hawks – Paul Hoffman SC says SA needs “The Eagles”

The admirable team of evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission deserve high praise for securing and presenting the evidence of Dr Mark Shaw, the Geneva-based guru on...

Elections are a matter of perspective

That self-effacing “humble newspaperman”, Mondli Makhanya, has outdone himself by penning a couple of choice phrases in his predictions for the ANC’s fortunes in the...

The right to vote is undervalued in SA

Dear Editor, According to the IEC a record number of voters in SA, about 29 million, have registered to vote in the local government elections in November. SA has an...

Everything you need to know about Madlanga, IDAC, and justice in SA

Accountability Now's Paul Hoffman on the Madlanga Commission, IDAC's constitutional risk and 25 years of South Africa's fight against corruption. Published on: 26 Aug...

Kieswetter channels Glenister

Dear Editor, The Gordons Institute of Business Science boasts an Anti-Corruption Coalition which does good work in the field of righting our ship of state’s capacity to...

Really, professors?

Paul Hoffman Professor Pierre de Vos is a professor of constitutional law at UCT. He occupies the Claude Leon chair at that august institution. Jonny Steinberg was a...

An erroneous statement of the law in a unanimous decision of the SCA

Dear Editor, In paragraph 33 of the unanimous five judge SCA judgement in Mpumalanga Society of Advocates v Judicial Service Commission and Others (1186/2024) [2026]...

Is the repeal of the IDAC legislation really feasible?

Paul Hoffman Aug 4, 2026 The Chief Whip of the DA, Glynnis Breytenbach has let it be know that she intends to pilot a private member’s bill, what she calls a “PMB” ...

It is time to scrap IDAC because it is a constitutional abomination

Paul Hoffman Jul 28, 2026 The good reason for closing down IDAC is not the resignation of its leader and her underwhelming showing at the Madlanga Commission. It is...