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SA’s Corruption Emergency | Walk For Whistleblowers

Activist Cynthia Stimpel will be walking 700 kilometres along the Cape Camino to raise awareness and funds for whistleblowers, who face serious consequences for speaking out.

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Discussion | Spotlight on the plight of Whistleblowers

JOHANNESBURG - Outgoing Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has once again called for financial incentives for whistleblowers.

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SA’s Corruption Crises | Discussion | Financial incentives for Whistleblowers?

JOHANNESBURG - Outgoing Chief Justice Raymond Zondo strongly suggests financial incentives, to encourage reporting of corruption.

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Babita, three years on

THREE years after the assassination of Babita Deokaran, there is still no sign that the government is committed to the protection of whistle-blowers, says Tebogo Khaas, the chairperson of Public Interest South Africa.

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Babita Deokaran | The Challenges Faced By Whistleblowers

Friday marks the third year since the assassination of Babita Deokaran and still, we're no closer to putting in place, effective measures to support whistleblowers.

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The Babita Deokaran effect: New tender laws, ‘hospital syndicates’, whistleblower incentives

Silenced but not forgotten: Crucial new developments have emerged since the commemoration of whistleblower Babita Deokaran's death.

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Whistle-blowers to be honoured

Democracy dies in darkness, so every South African who exposes malfeasance and corruption should be honoured, according to NGO Public Interest SA.

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Court dismisses justice department’s bid to gag whistleblower

The department of justice’s urgent court bid to gag a whistleblower known as Mario Rocha, who has accused senior officials of corruption, has suffered a blow after the Pretoria High Court dismissed its case with costs.

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State capture whistle-blowers hailed on 23 June

Every year on 23 June we remember whistle-blowers around the world who have braved threats to their lives and livelihoods to expose corruption on both small and large scales. We also reflect on what we, as a society and as individuals, are doing to make the environment for blowing the whistle more enabling and encouraging.

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South Africa struggles to protect whistleblowers

The South African government is hoping to strengthen protections for whistleblowers who report on corruption in business and government. Proponents say it's not only about making whistleblowers feel comfortable coming forward, but also about protecting them from retaliation. VOA’s Ihsaan Haffejee reports

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Whistle-blowers need support and solidarity; they should not be recognised only in death

We began to mourn for Babita Deokaran only after she was gunned down. As a consequence, her name has become a symbol of whistle-blowers’ suffering in South Africa. She was, essentially, a martyr.

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Only whistleblowers can save SA from corruption…

That is the belief of Mzukisi Makatse, the attorney who first blew the whistle on corruption at the National Lotteries Commission – and lost his job, his car, his house, the hope of marrying the mother of his three children…

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‘Corruption emergency‘ calls for whistle blower intervention

The South African Human Rights commission says whistleblowing is an essential weapon in the fight against corruption, perhaps the single most important obstacle to SA achieving the status it needs to achieve as a ‘moral’ Rainbow Nation.

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SAPS promotes Nandipha Magudumana whistleblower

The SAPS officer who got the wheels going in bringing down Dr Nandipha Magudumana and her partner, convicted rapist Thabo Bester has gained national recognition.

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The Injustice of Selective Justice

This week’s saga on how the media covers the Fishrot corruption case is baffling and succeeded in doing nothing but sow unnecessary confusion.

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International Anti-Corruption Day

Cynthia Stimpel delivered a beautiful and brilliant speech at this year's International Anti-Corruption Day which took place on 8 December 2023.

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Nominees Announced for the Inaugural Whistleblowers Awards in Diverse Categories

In a celebration of courage, integrity, and ethical citizenship, we are pleased to announce the nominees for the highly anticipated whistleblowers Awards. These awards recognise individuals and organisations who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to exposing corruption and wrongdoing.

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Whistleblowers can show us how to safeguard South Africa’s future

The decision an individual makes to blow the whistle on wrongdoing is daunting and often invites negative social and workplace consequences for them.

As a society, we need to change that by encouraging and destigmatising whistleblowing while we acknowledge and celebrate those who do it.

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A home for the courageous

Whistleblowers are often harassed, demoted or dismissed from work; they risk financial ruin, psychological trauma and, in some cases, they even pay with their lives. But despite the challenges, whistleblowers continue to display immense courage, standing up against injustice when no one else will stand with them.

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Whistleblowing shouldn’t be a death sentence — activists

Not enough is done about the bullying tactics employees and employers have towards whistleblowers. There should be sanctions for senior officials who avoid or hide disclosures when they are presented to them.

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Whistleblower House still demanding justice for Babita Deokaran

Until the mastermind of the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran is brought to book, justice is not served.

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Babita Deokaran murder case postponed: Ben Theron joins discussion

The case against six men accused of the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran has been postponed to the 15th of August 2023 in the High Court in Johannesburg.

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Prasa blocks corruption whistleblower Martha Ngoye from returning to work

Despite being cleared of disciplinary charges in arbitration, Ngoye remains suspended as the rail agency seeks to appeal the decision in the Labour Court.

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Protecting those who speak truth to power

The South African Council of Churches, in collaboration with the Whistleblower House, hosted a webinar on the crucial role of whistleblowers play in the fight against corruption.

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The important role whistleblowers play

The protection of whistleblowers has come under the spotlight in recent years and was brought into sharp focus by the assassination of Gauteng Health Manager Babita Deokoran in 2021.

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Whistleblower House happy with proposed reforms to whistleblowing legislation

The civil society organisation, Whistleblower House, says that it is happy with the steps taken by the justice department in publishing recommendations on reforming the whistleblowing legislative regime.

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SAA whistleblower Cynthia Stimpel exposes extreme sacrifices, challenges faced by truth-tellers

One of South Africa’s bravest whistleblowers, Cynthia Stimpel, speaks to BizNews about the huge personal sacrifices being made by the country’s whistleblowers; the terrible losses some have suffered – and the extreme vilification that is used to discredit those who dare speak truth to power.

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Why Babita Deokaran was killed: Calls for protection of whistleblowers at documentary premiere

Journalists Jeff Wicks and Mandy Wiener said that South Africa could do more to protect whistleblowers who expose corruption at public and private entities.

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Martha Ngoye: Honest public servants, whistleblowers at the heart of functioning democracy

Martha Ngoye is a whistleblower for the vast corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). She is Prasa's group executive for legal. On Thursday she delivered an address at the launch of New South Institute, of which she is a board member. Here is an edited version of her address.

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Mandy Wiener: National Shutdowns, rhetoric & assassinations – SA ruled by fear

Murray and his son's killings will have a chilling effect on all those who seek to pursue criminals and hold them to account in the way that he did. That is precisely the impact that these extraction networks and criminal syndicates seek to achieve.

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Redress for victimised whistle-blowing public servants is a critical step in reforming the public service

‘Like many who are today called whistle-blowers, we never set out to become whistle-blowers… We were just normal human beings who knew right from wrong, regular employees who did their job with the utmost care” – Mzukisi Makatse and Sello Qhina

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A plea from Zondo commission whistleblowers: ‘We want prosecutions’

‘My comrades called me naive’: Themba Maseko refused to participate in the Gupta family’s attempts to capture the state’s advertising budget.

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Fired whistleblower tells Zondo how she was hounded out of Prasa

Martha Ngoye has been the central figure at the rail agency in its fight against corruption, helping Prasa win court victories against service providers Swifambo, Siyangena and Siyaya.

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Supreme Court Extends SOX Whistleblower Protections to Private Company Employees

In the recent case of Lawson vs FMR LLC, the Supreme Court ruled that employees of private companies engaged by public companies are covered by the whistle blower protections of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”).

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Zondo commission: Ramaphosa salutes whistle-blowers, media on corruption exposure

President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to whistleblowers who lifted the lid on corruption allegations linked to state capture.

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Who will guard whistle-blowers?

It’s not easy being a whistle-blower.

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Parliament reaches settlement with whistleblower

“Vindicated and exonerated” is how former head of security at Parliament, Zelda Holtzman, reacted to a settlement that ended an almost two-year-long labour dispute.

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