Mandy Wiener | A Babita Deokaran Act? We need new whistleblower legislation

26 Jul 2022

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Deokaran’s murder and the lack of subsequent action will have a chilling effect on other corruption whistleblowers in the country, writes the author.

Kayleen Morgan, News24

Imagine, instead of doing nothing, government moved a piece of legislation that encouraged whistleblowers to come forward, that protected them from retribution, that rewarded them for speaking up about corruption, that created a speak-up culture in South African society, writes Mandy Wiener.

In 2008, a 37-year-old Moscow lawyer pieced together massive corruption within the Treasury in Russia.

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