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Death of a Whistleblower: Bravery blow by blow

A gripping South African political thriller expands on the theme of whistleblowers

Words: Among SA’s celebrated people is activist, academic and writer Charlotte Maxeke

OPINION| Black writers and publishers are South Africa’s ‘linguistic orphans’

The challenges we face in the world of scholarly and leisure reading and writing are not unique to our country but it is crucial to overcome them if we want to be as good as we…

Johann van Loggerenberg. (Gallo Images)

Sars whistleblower Van Loggerenberg suffers ‘suspicious’ home invasion

The break-in comes a week after that at the home of fellow whistleblower and Zondo commission witness Themba Maseko

‘My comrades called me naive’: Themba Maseko refused to participate in the Gupta family’s attempts to capture the state’s advertising budget. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Gallo Images/Netwerk24

A plea from Zondo commission whistleblowers: ‘We want prosecutions’

Themba Maseko, the former chief government spokesman said it would be a very long wait for legislative reform, as urged by the Zondo report, to see the light of day if state…

Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)

‘Bain was happy the focus was only on Sars’: Athol Williams

The whistleblower fears that Zondo’s recommendation that the firm’s contracts with public entities be scrutinised will be stonewalled – and implicates Telkom.

M&G Thought Leaders’ top books of 2021

The Mail & Guardian asked a few of the regular contributors to the ThoughtLeader platform to give us their views on the top three books they read this year

Undeterred: Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu sleeps in different locations every night to evade assassination.  (Rogan Ward)

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

(Graphic: John McCann)

Richard Calland: Overhaul the law to protect whistleblowers

People who don’t turn a blind eye are making an often deadly decision. Babita Deokaran is one

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

Zondo dismisses Bain’s request to publish its affidavit to commission

The consulting firm said it would suffer prejudice if its version were not made public to counter testimony. But Zondo says Bain created its own dilemma

Success demands effort, but specifically effort expended on the right ventures for the right reasons — this is worth remembering when times are hard, such as when I blew the whistle on my employer for withholding information relevant to the state capture enquiry

Resilience after blowing the whistle

Success demands effort, but specifically effort expended on the right ventures for the right reasons — this is worth remembering when times are hard, such as when I blew the…

Queer activist and filmmaker Bev Ditsie provides compelling reflections in the film (Supplied)

Review: ‘A New Country’ portrays the lingering aftertaste of a bittersweet freedom

Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel

Hungry for home

Mandy Rossouw finds out why South Africa so badly needs the good news