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TimesLIVE reports that Advocate Shamila Batohi, national director of public prosecutions, says that SA needs better protection for whistle-blowers if the country is to win the fight against corruption.
She was speaking on Sunday during a series of webinars held by the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (HSACF), along with Hawks head Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya and Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head advocate Andy Mothibi. “This is such an important aspect. We need to have a really robust whistle-blower protection framework to protect those who stand up and speak out because it’s not easy when you’re dealing with powerful and rich people,” Batohi stated. Refusing to pull any punches, Batohi said corruption in SA, both before and after the Covid-19 pandemic struck, had been enabled by a lack of systems and controls supply chain management and procurement across government entities. On the job of turning the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) into a corruption-proof organisation, she said things were moving in the right direction. But Batohi added: There’s still corruption in our own ranks. It is extremely difficult working in this environment where you still don’t know who to trust and who you’re working with.” Mothibi said R10.3bn of alleged irregular contracts were under investigation by the SIU on instruction from President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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