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.

Is the Protected Disclosures Bill a step in the right direction? Executive Director at The Whistleblower House Ben Theron as well as Academic and whistleblower, Dr Athol Williams, discuss the matter on a SABC News broadcast.