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The implementation of NACAC’s current recommendations will lead to litigation and tears
Paul Hoffman | 29 May 2025 Paul Hoffman says multi-agency approach currently favoured by council has been tried for years, without success On 14 May 2025 the leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council made a cryptic presentation to the Justice...
Suggested memo from POTUS to PROSA
By Paul Hoffman The brambles of fact-checking, the recriminations from the commentariat, the revealed misconceptions in Washington and the need for a reset of relations between South Africa and the US all suggest that constructive communication is now vital. What if...
Time to jettison the NDR ideology holding South Africa hostage | IRR Webinar
Stream Video Here Join Anthea Jeffery, IRR Head of Policy Research, for the launch of her latest IRR report: "Enemy of Growth: The Ideology Holding South Africa Hostage". Jeffery and Hermann Pretorius, IRR Head of Strategic Communications, will discuss: - National...
LETTER: GNU must roll up sleeves
No legislation for jobs nor any effective policy changes have emerged The whole world watched the smackdown televised infotainment in the Oval Office last Wednesday and now knows for sure that: SA is a dangerous place for its whole population, not only white farmers....
NACAC caught between rock of constitutionalism and hard place of SA politics
The rock of constitutionalism is the foundation of the new or post-liberation order in SA. The Constitution and the rule of law are regarded as supreme, and these basic parameters are recorded in Section 1 of Chapter One of the Constitution itself. This means that our...
MK and EFF get lost in translation on Paul Pretorius SC
Paul Hoffman on political interference masquerading as concern for the rule of law Last year Paul Pretorius SC and Matthew Chaskalson SC, both Zondo Commission evidence leaders, accepted temporary assignments with the NPA to help boost its skills and capacity in...
LETTER: EFF attack on NPA is misplaced
Nobody better placed than Zondo commission’s evidence leader to aid the National Prosecuting Authority The EFF has issued a media statement containing a scurrilous attack on the efforts of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to beef up its anticorruption capacity...
Growing SA’s economy must be preceded by shrinking the corruption
By Paul Hoffman The economy of South Africa has been in the doldrums roughly since Thabo Mbeki left office in 2008. If South Africa had maintained the solid growth achieved during his presidency most of the problems of poverty, inequality and joblessness would not now...
Justice Richard Goldstone addresses the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference
GOOD ON PAPER, not so much in practice
By Paul Hoffman In many countries around the world there is no shortage of laws against corruption. The challenge is to create a governance framework that is itself corruption-resilient, so the laws can be enforced efficiently and effectively by personnel of...
ConCourt scraps Section 6(1) of Citizenship Act, protecting dual nationals:Adv Hoffman weighs in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmrqD89x10 The Constitutional Court has ruled that Section (6)1 of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 be scrapped. It dictates that South Africans lose their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire another nationality, unless...
Seven deadliest FAQs on countering corruption in SA
Paul Hoffman says it is politically suicidal to be seen to be opposing the adoption of anti-corruption laws 1. Why is so much fuss made about corruption in SA? The Constitutional Court has provided the best short answer to this question given the context of what the...
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