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Monday, April 27, 2026

‘I'm the walking dead’- Whistleblower survives 2 hits after exposing ... - The Citizen

Her nightmare began after reporting police top brass’ involvement in corruption, abuse of resources, and alleged criminal syndicate links.

A police whistleblower claims she would be dead today if it were not for efforts of a lone crime intelligence officer who risked his own career to protect her.

But Patricia Morgan-Mashale, who has since been dismissed as an administration clerk in the South African Police Service’s firearms registry division in Bloemfontein lamented that she knew it was a matter of time before she is silenced as her pleas for protection have been ignored.

This despite three threat assessments confirming the threat to her life, recommendations that she be protected, and at least two attempts on her life after blowing the whistle on senior officers involved in corruption.

Walking dead

Morgan-Mashale, who has been in hiding since February last year, claims the crime intelligence officer who conducted the assessments has been victimised for refusing to reveal her whereabouts.

She said this was after the most recent threat assessment indicating that there was a third attempt to locate and take her out last December.

“I am basically walking dead and there is nothing I can do about it other than documenting everything on social media so that when I am killed, at least I would have spoken out. I also thought by speaking out publicly, those who want to silence me will abandon their plans in fear of being blamed for my death. But all this has been in vain and...



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