Khuluma This week's whistleblowers are brothers Bernard and Xola Banisi. Back in 2015, MarianneThamm wrote about assassinations, victimisation, marginalisation for doing the right thing. More via the dailymaverick at
The morning Bernard Banisi arrived in Cape Town from his home in the Eastern Cape for the launch of the ODAC booklet,he said he knew his movements had been observed and monitored. Like his younger brother Xola, Bernard, a veteran trade unionist and an official with the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, is unafraid to highlight corruption and speak out, even though doing so cost his brother his life.
Bernard Banisi attributes both his and his brother’s fearlessness to the influence of their maternal uncle, Charlie Ntsalie “Rock” Ndibi, who spent 15 years as prisoner 1/2799 on Robben Island, sharing a cell with individuals who today occupy some of the most powerful positions in the country. “The very term corruption is so inclusive to be almost meaningless, encompassing bribery, nepotism, bid-rigging, embezzlement, extortion, vote-buying, price-fixing, protection rackets, and a hundred other varieties of fraud,” he writes.
“My father’s blood ran black, green and gold. The party he lived for, the ANC, killed him. My father could have been assisted by his ANC that he loved dearly and died for. I’m concerned about the silence on this matter,” a tearful Phakoe told those gathered before he passed the docket around.Moss Phakwe was an ANC councillor in Rustenberg and was assassinated in March 2009 after exposing corruption in the municipality.
While on paper, the Protected Disclosures Act of 2000, makes provision for employees to report unlawful or irregular conduct by employers and fellow employees and provides protection for those who dare to whistleblow, the lived experience of those who have done so points to serious flaws not only in legislation, but also in application.
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