Editorial | Mr President, please protect whistle blowers
He specifically said that the murder of Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran had heightened his fears. She was shot dead on August 23, while in the middle of an investigation into the corrupt conduct of senior government officials who interfaced with her department.
This country has various pieces of legislation and regulatory policies that cover corruption and whistle-blowing. The most important of these is the Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000. How many Magaqas and Deokarans must die, and how many Williamses must flee the country before government takes the protection of whistle-blowers seriously?
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