Tickets for the exclusive screening of News24's feature-length documentary titled Silenced: Why Babita Deokaran was murdered, which will premiere next week, were snapped up within an hour.
, will be screened at Ster-Kinekor in Rosebank, Johannesburg, next week.The film will be followed by a panel discussion on the threat posed by graft to democracy and the plight of South African whistleblowers.Silenced: Why Babita Deokaran was murderedThis documentary, which combines exclusive interviews with Deokaran's relatives, never-before-seen home footage and vivid detail of the web of corruption she uncovered, is a tribute to her unwillingness to bow to wrongdoing.
The film will premiere at an exclusive screening at Ster-Kinekor at The Zone in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Thursday evening. It will be followed by a panel discussion led by News24 investigations editor Pieter du Toit, in conversation with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation's Neeshan Balton, author and broadcaster Mandy Wiener and investigative journalist Jeff Wicks. – will then be published on News24 on Friday morning, available for subscribers.
A trove of 60 000 Gauteng health department emails and the contents of Deokaran's phone allowed News24's investigations team to piece together – in some cases down to the second – the last month of her life and set out what would be her final graft investigation. Her warnings about Tembisa Hospital were ignored, her damning report was buried and nearly R1 billion meant for the sick and dying was stolen. The police investigation into her killing has gone cold.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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