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035 _a(OCoLC)964442955
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050 _a364.13230968 HOFF
090 0 _aJQ 1929.C6 HOF
100 1 _aHoffman, Paul,
_d1950 October 13-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aConfronting the corrupt /
_cPaul Hoffman.
246 1 _iSubtitle on cover :
_aAccountability Now's battle against graft in SA.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aCape Town, South Africa :
_bTafelberg,
_c2016.
300 _axii, 241 pages ;
_c20 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aThe early days -- To commission a commission -- The arms deal goes to Braamfontein -- The president throws in the towel -- The Seriti whitewash -- Polokwane, the Scorpions, and Glenister I -- Glenister II, and a meeting under the Flying Arch -- Stirring the pot after Glenister II -- The Constitutional Court drafts legislation -- Breaking the bread cartel -- The bread cartel goes to Bloemfontein... and Braamfontein -- Dealing with National Commissioners of Police -- Firepool or Waterloo? Accountability Now and Nkandla -- Epilogue: The idea is right, its time is now.
520 _a"The infamous Seriti Commission into the arms deal. The Glenister case following the disbanding of the Scorpions. Busting open the bread manufacturers' cartel. High drama; high stakes brought to South Africa courtesy of the Accountability Now NGO and its founder, Paul Hoffman. Join him in his journey from jaded silk to corruption buster - a fly-on-the-wall account of courtroom clashes, influential personalities, secrets and lies in the battle to speak truth to power. Confronting the Corrupt tells of Accountability Now's biggest battles, leading to landmark decisions in jurisprudence and earning its place in the small but determined group of organisations protecting and upholding the rule of law in SA."--Publisher description.
650 0 _aCorruption
_zSouth Africa.
650 0 _aCorruption
_zSouth Africa
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aGovernment accountability
_zSouth Africa.
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
_w571
_xVeronica Machate
_y571
_zVeronica Machate
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