Sworn affidavits before the Hawks allege that senior Transnet executives were complicit in procurement irregularities that resulted in millions of rands in fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

South Africa cannot keep asking people to expose corruption while failing to protect them when they become targets. As government moves to overhaul the country’s whistleblower protection laws, OUTA says the experiences of murdered whistleblowers and the families they leave behind show why protection cannot begin only after retaliation, intimidation or threats have already occurred.

As South Africa looks ahead to potentially stronger protections for whistle-blowers, the focus is shifting to whether the revised Protected Disclosures Bill will provide the support needed by those who expose wrongdoing.

Five years after the assassination of Babita Deokaran, her family continues to live with the devastating loss of a woman who was more than just a whistleblower.

JOHANNESBURG - The testimony of State Advocate Drushantha Ramsamy at the Madlanga Commission and Emfuleni Municipality accountant Martha Rantsofu has thrust whistleblower protection back into the spotlight.

Mantsha Raphesu told the Madlanga Commission that Johnson presented a whistleblower report, which she claimed the National Coloured Congress leader, Fadiel Adams, submitted to the IDAC.

In 2002, Cynthia Cooper, Vice President of Internal Audit at WorldCom scandal, uncovered fraudulent accounting entries that overstated the company’s income by $3.8 billion. Working alongside her audit team, she identified accounting irregularities and questioned company officials about unsupported entries being made across company accounts.

A MONUMENT to honour slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran will be unveiled at the Mount Edgecombe Shree Mariammen Temple on August 9. 

After nearly five years since Babita Deokaran's murder, her family have expressed hope that  the masterminds behind her assassination will be uncovered as the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) continues to investigate her corruption allegations at the Tembisa Hospital. 

Colonel Gavin Jacob has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that in February 2026, a suspect approached investigators with details about a R200m cocaine consignment stolen from a Hawks building in KwaZulu-Natal, widely believed to be an inside job. Jacob’s own role in the initial seizure of the cocaine is under scrutiny.