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The Whistleblower House closely monitors media for relevant articles aiding South African whistleblowers and highlights committed individuals and organisations fighting corruption, periodically creating articles spotlighting whistleblower stories, issues, and challenges.
September 26, 2024
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.
September 10, 2024
Discussion | Spotlight on the plight of Whistleblowers
JOHANNESBURG - Outgoing Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has once again called for financial incentives for whistleblowers.
September 10, 2024
SA’s Corruption Crises | Discussion | Financial incentives for Whistleblowers?
JOHANNESBURG - Outgoing Chief Justice Raymond Zondo strongly suggests financial incentives, to encourage reporting of corruption.
August 31, 2024
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.
August 30, 2024
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.
August 24, 2024
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.
August 8, 2024
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.
June 30, 2024
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.
June 24, 2024
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.
May 13, 2024
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
March 10, 2024
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.
March 8, 2024
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…
February 26, 2024
‘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.
February 24, 2024
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.
December 12, 2023
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.
December 12, 2023
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.
October 24, 2023
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.
October 24, 2023
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.
October 5, 2023
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.
August 25, 2023
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.
August 25, 2023
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.
August 15, 2023
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.
July 26, 2023
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.
July 10, 2023
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.
July 10, 2023
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.
July 4, 2023
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.
May 29, 2023
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.
April 23, 2023
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.
April 17, 2023
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.
March 23, 2023
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.
March 23, 2023
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
March 9, 2022
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.
February 10, 2022
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.
February 7, 2022
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”).
February 7, 2022
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.
February 1, 2022
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.