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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.

Countering corruption effectively must precede economic growth in SA

Dear Editor, There is a strong and growing desire, among those who care for a better life for all in SA, to stimulate the growth of the economy. Plainly the lot of the...

Paul Hoffman: Four comfortable myths that keep SA’s corruption busters toothless

Nugent, Zondo, Mpati, now Madlanga. South Africa commissions inquiries the way other countries commission statues. And how much changes? Paul Hoffman SC, who led the...

Voters will get the municipal councillors they deserve on 4 November

Paul Hoffman Sep 25, 2026 The prospects for a free and fair election being held peacefully in South Africa on 4 November seem good. Preparations are in hand; the IEC is...

Laura Pop shoots the lights out at Madlanga Commission hearing

Dear Editor, The intrepid evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission have excelled yet again, this time by securing the report and evidence of the World Bank’s...

A hat-trick for the Madlanga evidence leaders

Dear Editor, During the last few weeks, the evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission have outdone themselves. The evidence that they have procured from Dr Mark Shaw,...

Resetting and renewing Idac won’t solve SA’s corruption crisis

A new, reformed Investigating Directorate Against Corruption needs to be a fully independent, single-entity anti-corruption body — outside executive control and...

SA’s anti-corruption fight hindered by internal sabotage and lack of political will

Dear Editor, The Madlanga Commission was appointed in July last year and has received a great deal of pertinent evidence since last September. On 3rd September 2026 ,...

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...