Former South African Revenue Service (Sars) executive Johann van Loggerenberg said on Tuesday his home was invaded in the early hours of the morning, less than a week after a similar incident at the home of fellow state-capture whistleblower Themba Maseko.
“My home and home office were invaded during the early hours of this morning by criminals,” Van Loggerenberg said in a statement issued through his attorneys.
Like Maseko, Van Loggerenberg said he had reason to suspect that the crime may be related to his testimony to the Zondo commission of inquiry and called on the government to take firm steps to protect whistleblowers without further delay.
“Entry was attempted with some sophistication via various entry points at my home in a very suspicious manner. I have reason to suspect that there is a possibility that it was no ordinary crime,” he said.
“Four very distinct indicators of the house robbery suggest that it may not have been ordinary criminal conduct.”
Van Loggerenberg said he was deliberately not expanding on these so as not to compromise the police investigation into the robbery.
He noted that, as well as blowing the whistle on state capture as it played out at Sars and the state intelligence services, and testifying before the Zondo commission on this, he was also a complainant and state witness in cases under investigation by the inspector general of intelligence and the Independent Directorate of the National Prosecuting Authority.
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