Johannesburg - In spite of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture’s long-awaited recommendations for the protection of whistle-blowers and the justice minister’s call for heightened protection of whistle-blowers, the country remains one of the more than 84 countries that saw the death of more than 27 000 of the world’s victims of contract killings.
Corruption Watch reported receiving 5 094 reports of corruption in local government from 2012 to 2020, while the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime reported identifying 1 971 assassination cases in South Africa between 2000 and 2021.
Victims of contract killings included Babita Deokaran, Moss Phakoe, and Mosilo Mothepu.
In 2009, Phakoe who was a councillor in the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in North West was shot dead after exposing corruption by councillors and officials.
In August, 2021 Deokaran who lifted the lid on corruption at Tembisa Hospital was shot dead.
Former University of Cape Town (UCT) ethics lecturer Athol Williams was forced to leave the country following threats to his life, after he blew the whistle on companies and individuals involved in state capture.
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