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John G Clarke
John Clarke is a writer, justice, peace and equality monitor and social worker supporting whistleblowers and others suffering from failures within the justice system. He was one of the six defendants in the Mineral Sands and Others versus Redell and Others matter, which recognised Slapp suits as an abuse of legal process
Dr Wouter Basson, please tell us who poisoned Siphiwo Mtimkulu
As apartheid chemical warfare head Wouter Basson fills theatre seats, an unresolved question lingers about the 1981 thallium poisoning of activist Siphiwo Mtimkulu and its…
Truth, justice and the courage to come clean
The article explores the profound importance of truth under oath in South Africa's criminal justice system, prompted by recent allegations against Andrea Johnson. It examines the…
When whistleblowers win the facts but lose the law
Prasa’s ‘lawfare’ raises troubling questions about whether South Africa’s legal system is protecting those who expose corruption
Digging up ghosts of Cato Manor
Allegations of unlawful killings have never been tested in court — only procedural arguments have. If South Africa wants truth rather than narrative, the Cato Manor saga must be…
Disable the ‘thugocratic’ machine by backing whistleblowers
The lives of people who try to stop or expose corruption are in danger, as evidenced by the assassination of corruption investigators Cloete Murray and his son Thomas
The whistleblower’s burden: How a life is dragged into chaos
A Malawian accountant has paid a heavy price for blowing the whistle on corrupt oil deals and trade-based money laundering in South Sudan
The slings and arrows of advocate Malesela Teffo’s outrageous fortunes
Now that he has withdrawn from the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, will the promise of justice for the Meyiwa family be kept?
Bulelani Ngcuka: A whistleblower?
The former national director of public prosecutions was a ‘witness bearer’ and a casualty of the ominous trend in the ANC’s increasing cultural aversion to truth
Behind the scenes of advocate Dan Teffo’s arrest
The events last Thursday suggest top management of the police service will stop at nothing to smother Dan Teffo.
The killing of Senzo Meyiwa and the undoing of Bheki Cele
With a recent study by the Human Sciences Research Council having found that public confidence in the South African Police Services (SAPS) is at an all-time low of 27%, the…
Whistleblowers: Your testimony makes South Africa proud
Those brave people who speak truth to power elevate the Constitution to more than just a text.
‘Don’t Look Up’ but do look out, here comes Shell
We live in the Earth, not on the Earth, but continuing with an extractive mindset will be the end of us all
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A legacy of love and speaking truth to power
Tutu’s influence on South Africa has been immense, offering hope for a brighter future while never shirking the responsibility of doing what is needed to achieve it
Story of a whistleblower: ‘Baba, do you think you are about to die?
Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others
Action can dignify this tribute to Babita Deokaran, and whistleblowers everywhere
The president himself should halt the national malady of covering up corruption, whose origins can be traced to a key moment for the ANC in 1996