EDITORIAL: Protecting whistle-blowers is a positive step forward, but not enough
There is no point in having the best whistle-blower protection if the state itself can be captured
04 July 2023 - 05:00
“If we do not look after these whistle-blowers during state capture, they won’t be around next time. We must assure that they are properly protected.”
So said chief justice Raymond Zondo at a conference in Johannesburg in 2022 amid calls from various whistle-blower bodies to strengthen protection for them in SA. He was talking a year after the 2021 assassination of health official Babita Deokaran outside her home. Part of the chief justice’s state capture report concerned recommendations pertaining to whistle-blowers. ..
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