Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who headed the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, has called on business to support whistleblowers. He also wants a fund set up, without waiting for government.
"One of the recommendations that was made by the commission was for there to be an anti-corruption public procurement commission. The substance of the president’s response to that recommendation was positive. So we do hope that in due course, there will be moves to establish such a commission. We hope that the government will implement the recommendations so that South Africa is never subjected to state capture again," said Zondo.
Instead of being persecuted, those who have blown the whistle on corruption should be protected in order to encourage more whistleblowing. I think a fund to take care of whistleblowers should be established because they get fired and lose income and are victimised once they blow the whistle. I want to encourage the business sector to establish a fund to incentivise whistleblowers. And this does not have to wait for the government. Let’s start by the whistleblowers we already know.
We don’t want those who have blown the whistle to take the attitude they will never do it again because we have not come to their rescue.