By: Bright Ntuli
The Forum for South Africa says that it is deeply concerned by the ongoing killings of whistleblowers and the lack of visible action from the Police Ministry.
Last month, insolvency attorney Bouwer van Niekerk, who worked on a Gupta-linked insolvency case and also exposed major Ponzi schemes, was gunned down at his Johannesburg office.
His murder follows the killing of whistleblowers and investigators like Babita Deokaran and Cloete Murray.
FOSA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says that more needs to be done to protect whistleblowers.
“FOSA calls on the Minister of Police to urgently explain what measures are currently in place to protect whistleblowers from assassination and intimidation. Protecting whistleblowers is not a favour, it is a duty and their protection must be a national priority, says Mashilompane.
