Without a whistleblower culture, the corrupt wins
In a 2007 judgement in a case involving a whistleblower and the Minister of Justice, Labour Court Judge Daya Pillay said that “whistleblowers are not impimpis, a derogatory term reserved for apartheid-era police spies. In recent times its pejorative connotation is increasingly replaced by openness and accountability. Employees who seek to correct wrongdoing, to report…