by @ifaisa | Sep 16, 2024 | Chapter 9, General
The minister with final responsibility over the NPA cannot possibly have as chequered a past as Thembi Simelane, nor can Simelane legally dwell in the predicament in which she finds herself. The facts that are germane to the future of the new justice minister in the...
by @ifaisa | Oct 6, 2023 | Chapter 9, General, Glenister Case
In re: The NPA Act Amendment Bill introducing the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (the IDAC Bill) Introduction Accountability Now welcomes the opportunity to make this submission. The IDAC Bill is the product of the work of the ministry of justice...
by @ifaisa | Sep 26, 2023 | Chapter 9, General
By Paul Hoffman The NDPP has shown surprising support for the move to establish a ‘stopgap’ crime-fighting unit in the form of the proposed Investigating Directorate Against Corruption. If it does indeed come into being, a simple majority in Parliament could see her...
by @ifaisa | Sep 13, 2023 | Chapter 9, General
South Africa’s incompetent Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane lasted 1700 days in office because she was protected by the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Accountability Now director Paul Hoffman SC says she knew she was “royal game flying under the wing of...
by @ifaisa | Jun 7, 2023 | Chapter 9, General
By Paul Hoffman 06 Jun 2023 If ANC Secretary General Mbalula is truly contrite about disbanding the Scorpions and putting the all-but-useless Hawks in their place, he should explain why Cabinet has been allowed to ignore the NEC’s resolution on the issue. Listen to...