The Whistleblower House is a non-profit, public benefit organisation that facilitates access to support services for whistle-blowers, and is aimed at creating awareness of their plight and acknowledging their vital role in strengthening ethics and democracy.
The organisation was founded by former deputy commissioner at the South African Revenue Service Ivan Pillay, former CEO of Trillian Management Consulting Bianca Goodson, as well as the senior manager of organisational ethics at The Ethics Institute, Liezl Groenewald.
The launch of The Whistleblower House comes after the release of the first two parts of the Zondo Report on State Capture, and ahead of the third and final part, which is due by the end of February. The first part came out strongly in recommending the protection, support and compensation of whistle-blowers who were essential to bringing State Capture crimes to the fore.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the state to tighten up whistle-blower protection. In his closing remarks to the Zondo Commission in August 2021, Ramaphosa commended whistle-blowers who have put their lives on the line to expose corruption, and called for “better protection, both in law and...
A wave of pro-whistleblower opinions from federal judges suggests the False Claims Act remains on solid ground despite pointed questions from leading conservative judicial voices. Whistleblowers, ...